τοξότης
See also: Τοξότης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τοξότᾱς (toxótās) – Doric
Etymology
τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + -της (-tēs, masculine suffix for person concerned with something)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tok.só.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tokˈso.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tokˈso.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tokˈso.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tokˈso.tis/
Noun
τοξότης • (toxótēs) m (genitive τοξότου); first declension (Epic, Ionic, Doric, Attic, Koine)
- archer, bowman
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.385:
- τοξότα λωβητὴρ κέρᾳ ἀγλαὲ παρθενοπῖπα
- toxóta lōbētḕr kérāi aglaè parthenopîpa
- You archer, slanderer, lovely in head, eyer of maidens
- τοξότα λωβητὴρ κέρᾳ ἀγλαὲ παρθενοπῖπα
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.39
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.28
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 312
- (astrology) Sagittarius, the Archer
- 190 BCE – 120 BCE, Hipparchus, 1 2.20
- (in the plural) city police of Athens
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 54
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 711
- 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 665
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, And. 3.5
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 319c
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 24.3
Declension
First declension of ὁ τοξότης; τοῦ τοξότου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ τοξότης ho toxótēs | τὼ τοξότᾱ tṑ toxótā | οἱ τοξόται hoi toxótai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τοξότου toû toxótou | τοῖν τοξόταιν toîn toxótain | τῶν τοξοτῶν tôn toxotôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τοξότῃ tôi toxótēi | τοῖν τοξόταιν toîn toxótain | τοῖς τοξόταις toîs toxótais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν τοξότην tòn toxótēn | τὼ τοξότᾱ tṑ toxótā | τοὺς τοξότᾱς toùs toxótās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τοξότᾰ toxóta | τοξότᾱ toxótā | τοξόται toxótai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (police-force in Athens): Σπευσίνιοι (Speusínioi), Σκύθαι (Skúthai)
Descendants
- → Laz: ტოკსირი (ťoǩsiri, “bow; cudgel, mace”)
References
- τοξότης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τοξότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τοξότης (toxótēs).
Noun
τοξότης • (toxótis) m (plural τοξότες, feminine τοξότρια)
- (archery) archer
Declension
declension of τοξότης
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | τοξότης • | τοξότες • |
genitive | τοξότη • | τοξοτών • |
accusative | τοξότη • | τοξότες • |
vocative | τοξότη • | τοξότες • |
Related terms
- see: τόξο n (tóxo, “bow”)