ἠλακατήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἠλᾰκᾰτήν • (ēlăkătḗn) m (genitive ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνος); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) a large sea-fish, probably a kind of tunny
    • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Kol.Fr. 7
    • 400 BCE – 300 BCE, Mnesimachus, Collected Works 4.35
    • Mnaseas 33
    • AD 2nd C., Aelius Herodianus (aut.), Augustus Lentz (ed.), Περὶ καθολικῆς προσῳδίας in Grammatici Graeci III: Herodiani technici reliquiae I: Praefationem et Herodiani Prosodiam catholicam continens (1867), bk i, p. 16, ll. 6–8:
      Τὰ εἰς ην ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς χαίρουσι τῇ ὀξείᾳ οἷον ἀτταγήν, κορδυλήν, μαριθήν, δοθιήν, ἠλακατήν ὄνομα ἰχθύος κητώδους καὶ κύριον.
      Tà eis ēn hupèr dúo sullabàs khaírousi tēî oxeíāi hoîon attagḗn, kordulḗn, marithḗn, dothiḗn, ēlakatḗn ónoma ikhthúos kētṓdous kaì kúrion.
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Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἠλᾰκᾰτήν; τοῦ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἠλᾰκᾰτήν
ho ēlăkătḗn 		τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνε
tṑ ēlăkătêne 		οἱ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνες
hoi ēlăkătênes
Genitive τοῦ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνος
toû ēlăkătênos 		τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰτήνοιν
toîn ēlăkătḗnoin 		τῶν ἠλᾰκᾰτήνων
tôn ēlăkătḗnōn
Dative τῷ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνῐ
tōî ēlăkătênĭ 		τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰτήνοιν
toîn ēlăkătḗnoin 		τοῖς ἠλᾰκᾰτῆσῐ / ἠλᾰκᾰτῆσῐν
toîs ēlăkătêsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνᾰ
tòn ēlăkătênă 		τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνε
tṑ ēlăkătêne 		τοὺς ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνᾰς
toùs ēlăkătênăs
Vocative ἠλᾰκᾰτήν
ēlăkătḗn 		ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνε
ēlăkătêne 		ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνες
ēlăkătênes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: ēlacatēn

References

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