ἑκτεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἕκτος (héktos, “sixth”) + -εύς (-eús, “masculine agentive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hek.těu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ekˈteʍs/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ekˈteɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ekˈtefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ekˈtefs/
Noun
ἑκτεύς • (hekteús) m (genitive ἑκτέως); third declension
- sixth part of various units of measure, sextarius
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἑκτεύς ho hekteús |
τὼ ἑκτῆ tṑ hektê |
οἱ ἑκτῆς / ἑκτεῖς hoi hektês / hekteîs | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἑκτέως toû hektéōs |
τοῖν ἑκτέοιν toîn hektéoin |
τῶν ἑκτέων tôn hektéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἑκτεῖ tōî hekteî |
τοῖν ἑκτέοιν toîn hektéoin |
τοῖς ἑκτεῦσῐ / ἑκτεῦσῐν toîs hekteûsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἑκτέᾱ tòn hektéā |
τὼ ἑκτῆ tṑ hektê |
τοὺς ἑκτέᾱς toùs hektéās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἑκτεῦ hekteû |
ἑκτῆ hektê |
ἑκτῆς / ἑκτεῖς hektês / hekteîs | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἑκτεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἑκτεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἑκτεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)