Ἀκταίων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀκτέων (Aktéōn) — verse
Etymology
Possibly derived from ἀκτίς or ἀκοντίζω, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ak.tǎi̯.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /akˈtɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /akˈtɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /akˈte.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /akˈte.on/
Proper noun
Ἀκταίων • (Aktaíōn) m (genitive Ἀκταίωνος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Actaeon
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀκταίων ho Aktaíōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀκταίωνος toû Aktaíōnos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀκταίωνῐ tōî Aktaíōnĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀκταίωνᾰ tòn Aktaíōnă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀκταίων Aktaíōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- Ἀκταίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999
- Alessandro Schiesaro, (2019) Nonnus’ Actaeon: Destiny in a Name
- Ἀκταίων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011