ἴκτις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἰκτίς (iktís)
Etymology
Compare Old Armenian աքիս (akʻis). Beekes gives no etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ík.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈik.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈik.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈik.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈik.tis/
Noun
ἴκτῐς • (íktĭs) f (genitive ἴκτῐδος); third declension
- beech marten (Martes foina)
- Synonym: ἶδυξ (îdux)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̓́κτῐς hē ĭ́ktĭs |
τὼ ῐ̓́κτῐδε tṑ ĭ́ktĭde |
αἱ ῐ̓́κτῐδες hai ĭ́ktĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̓́κτῐδος tês ĭ́ktĭdos |
τοῖν ῐ̓κτῐ́δοιν toîn ĭktĭ́doin |
τῶν ῐ̓κτῐ́δων tôn ĭktĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̓́κτῐδῐ tēî ĭ́ktĭdĭ |
τοῖν ῐ̓κτῐ́δοιν toîn ĭktĭ́doin |
ταῖς ῐ̓́κτῐσῐ / ῐ̓́κτῐσῐν taîs ĭ́ktĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̓́κτῐδᾰ tḕn ĭ́ktĭdă |
τὼ ῐ̓́κτῐδε tṑ ĭ́ktĭde |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́κτῐδᾰς tā̀s ĭ́ktĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̓́κτῐς ĭ́ktĭs |
ῐ̓́κτῐδε ĭ́ktĭde |
ῐ̓́κτῐδες ĭ́ktĭdes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κτίδεος (ktídeos)
Further reading
- “ἴκτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴκτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN