ὠτακουστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὖς (oûs) +‎ ἀκούω (akoúō) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὠτᾰκουστής • (ōtăkoustḗs) m (genitive ὠτᾰκουστοῦ); first declension

  1. eavesdropper, listener
  2. spy

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ὠτᾰκουστής; τοῦ ὠτᾰκουστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὠτᾰκουστής
ho ōtăkoustḗs 		τὼ ὠτᾰκουστᾱ́
tṑ ōtăkoustā́ 		οἱ ὠτᾰκουσταί
hoi ōtăkoustaí
Genitive τοῦ ὠτᾰκουστοῦ
toû ōtăkoustoû 		τοῖν ὠτᾰκουσταῖν
toîn ōtăkoustaîn 		τῶν ὠτᾰκουστῶν
tôn ōtăkoustôn
Dative τῷ ὠτᾰκουστῇ
tōî ōtăkoustēî 		τοῖν ὠτᾰκουσταῖν
toîn ōtăkoustaîn 		τοῖς ὠτᾰκουσταῖς
toîs ōtăkoustaîs
Accusative τὸν ὠτᾰκουστήν
tòn ōtăkoustḗn 		τὼ ὠτᾰκουστᾱ́
tṑ ōtăkoustā́ 		τοὺς ὠτᾰκουστᾱ́ς
toùs ōtăkoustā́s
Vocative ὠτᾰκουστᾰ́
ōtăkoustắ 		ὠτᾰκουστᾱ́
ōtăkoustā́ 		ὠτᾰκουσταί
ōtăkoustaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: ωτακουστής (otakoustís)
  • Spanish: otacusta
  • Latin: ōtacūstēs

Further reading

  • “ὠτακουστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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