ὄντα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Neuter plural of the present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “to be”), thus literally ‘things that are; existing things’.

Pronunciation

 

Participle

ὄντᾰ • (óntă)

  1. inflection of ὤν (ṓn):
    1. masculine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

ὄντᾰ • (óntă)

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ὄν (ón)

Noun

ὄντα • (ónta) n pl (genitive ὄντων); third declension

  1. things which actually exist, opposed to past and future
  2. reality, truth, actual objects
  3. that which one has, property, fortune

Declension

Third declension of τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ; τῶν ὄντων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ
tằ óntă
Genitive τῶν ὄντων
tôn óntōn
Dative τοῖς οὖσῐ / οὖσῐν
toîs oûsĭ(n)
Accusative τᾰ̀ ὄντᾰ
tằ óntă
Vocative ὄντᾰ
óntă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὀντοποιέω (ontopoiéō)
  • ὀντότης (ontótēs)

Further reading

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