ἴκτινος

Ancient Greek

Beekes reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *tḱiH-in (“kite”), connecting the word with Old Armenian ցին (cʻin, “kite”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (saēna, “a mythical bird”), and Sanskrit श्येन (śyena, “eagle, falcon”).

ἴκτῑνος • (íktīnos) m (genitive ἰκτῑ́νου); second declension

Second declension of ὁ ἴκτῑνος; τοῦ ἰκτῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἴκτῑνος ho íktīnos	τὼ ἰκτῑ́νω tṑ iktī́nō	οἱ ἴκτῑνοι hoi íktīnoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἰκτῑ́νου toû iktī́nou	τοῖν ἰκτῑ́νοιν toîn iktī́noin	τῶν ἰκτῑ́νων tôn iktī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἰκτῑ́νῳ tōî iktī́nōi	τοῖν ἰκτῑ́νοιν toîn iktī́noin	τοῖς ἰκτῑ́νοις toîs iktī́nois
Accusative	τὸν ἴκτῑνον tòn íktīnon	τὼ ἰκτῑ́νω tṑ iktī́nō	τοὺς ἰκτῑ́νους toùs iktī́nous
Vocative	ἴκτῑνε íktīne	ἰκτῑ́νω iktī́nō	ἴκτῑνοι íktīnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.