ὀκτάκνημος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + κνήμη (knḗmē, “shin; spoke”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.tá.knɛː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /okˈta.kne̝.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /okˈta.kni.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /okˈta.kni.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /okˈta.kni.mos/
Adjective
ὀκτᾰ́κνημος • (oktắknēmos) m or f (neuter ὀκτᾰ́κνημον); second declension
- with eight spokes (of a wheel)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ὀκτᾰ́κνημος oktắknēmos |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktắknēmon |
ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktăknḗmō |
ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktăknḗmō |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημοι oktắknēmoi |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημᾰ oktắknēmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ὀκτᾰκνήμου oktăknḗmou |
ὀκτᾰκνήμου oktăknḗmou |
ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktăknḗmoin |
ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktăknḗmoin |
ὀκτᾰκνήμων oktăknḗmōn |
ὀκτᾰκνήμων oktăknḗmōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ὀκτᾰκνήμῳ oktăknḗmōi |
ὀκτᾰκνήμῳ oktăknḗmōi |
ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktăknḗmoin |
ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktăknḗmoin |
ὀκτᾰκνήμοις oktăknḗmois |
ὀκτᾰκνήμοις oktăknḗmois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktắknēmon |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktắknēmon |
ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktăknḗmō |
ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktăknḗmō |
ὀκτᾰκνήμους oktăknḗmous |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημᾰ oktắknēmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ὀκτᾰ́κνημε oktắknēme |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktắknēmon |
ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktăknḗmō |
ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktăknḗmō |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημοι oktắknēmoi |
ὀκτᾰ́κνημᾰ oktắknēmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὀκτᾰκνήμως oktăknḗmōs |
ὀκτᾰκνημότερος oktăknēmóteros |
ὀκτᾰκνημότᾰτος oktăknēmótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀκτάκνημος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀκτάκνημος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀκτάκνημος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette