διάκτορος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- διάκτωρ (diáktōr)
Etymology
Said by Autenrieth to be from διώκω (diṓkō, “to chase”) and not διάγω (diágō, “to carry over”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.ák.to.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈak.to.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈak.to.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈak.to.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈak.to.ros/
Noun
δῐάκτορος • (diáktoros) m (genitive δῐακτόρου); second declension
- (Epic) runner, guide (epithet of Hermes)
Inflection
Second declension of δῐάκτορος; δῐακτόρου (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | δῐάκτορος diáktoros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | δῐακτόρου / δῐακτοροῖο / δῐακτόροιο / δῐακτορόο / δῐακτόροο diaktórou / diaktoroîo / diaktóroio / diaktoróo / diaktóroo | ||||||||||||
Dative | δῐακτόρῳ diaktórōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | δῐάκτορον diáktoron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | δῐάκτορε diáktore | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
|
Derived terms
- συνδιάκτορος (sundiáktoros)
Further reading
- διάκτορος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- διάκτορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διάκτορος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- διάκτορος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press