Ἄρκτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /árk.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
Proper noun
Ἄρκτος • (Árktos) f (genitive Ἄρκτου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓́ρκτος ho Ắrktos |
τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρκτω tṑ Ắrktō |
οἱ Ᾰ̓́ρκτοι hoi Ắrktoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ρκτου toû Ắrktou |
τοῖν Ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν toîn Ắrktoin |
τῶν Ᾰ̓́ρκτων tôn Ắrktōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓́ρκτῳ tōî Ắrktōi |
τοῖν Ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν toîn Ắrktoin |
τοῖς Ᾰ̓́ρκτοις toîs Ắrktois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓́ρκτον tòn Ắrkton |
τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρκτω tṑ Ắrktō |
τοὺς Ᾰ̓́ρκτους toùs Ắrktous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ᾰ̓́ρκτε Ắrkte |
Ᾰ̓́ρκτω Ắrktō |
Ᾰ̓́ρκτοι Ắrktoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Άρκτος (Árktos)
References
- Ἄρκτος 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 1,002
- “ἄρκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press