πτωτός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptɔː.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ptoˈtos/
Adjective
πτωτός • (ptōtós) m (feminine πτωτή, neuter πτωτόν); first/second declension
- apt to fall, fallen
Inflection
First and second declension of πτωτός; πτωτή; πτωτόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | πτωτός ptōtós | πτωτή ptōtḗ | πτωτόν ptōtón | πτωτώ ptōtṓ | πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́ | πτωτώ ptōtṓ | πτωτοί ptōtoí | πτωταί ptōtaí | πτωτᾰ́ ptōtá | |||||
Genitive | πτωτοῦ ptōtoû | πτωτῆς ptōtês | πτωτοῦ ptōtoû | πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn | πτωταῖν ptōtaîn | πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn | πτωτῶν ptōtôn | πτωτῶν ptōtôn | πτωτῶν ptōtôn | |||||
Dative | πτωτῷ ptōtôi | πτωτῇ ptōtêi | πτωτῷ ptōtôi | πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn | πτωταῖν ptōtaîn | πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn | πτωτοῖς ptōtoîs | πτωταῖς ptōtaîs | πτωτοῖς ptōtoîs | |||||
Accusative | πτωτόν ptōtón | πτωτήν ptōtḗn | πτωτόν ptōtón | πτωτώ ptōtṓ | πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́ | πτωτώ ptōtṓ | πτωτούς ptōtoús | πτωτᾱ́ς ptōtā́s | πτωτᾰ́ ptōtá | |||||
Vocative | πτωτέ ptōté | πτωτή ptōtḗ | πτωτόν ptōtón | πτωτώ ptōtṓ | πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́ | πτωτώ ptōtṓ | πτωτοί ptōtoí | πτωταί ptōtaí | πτωτᾰ́ ptōtá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πτωτῶς ptōtôs | πτωτότερος ptōtóteros | πτωτότᾰτος ptōtótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πτωτικός (ptōtikós)
Further reading
- πτωτός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πτωτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette