Ἀλυάττης

Ἀλυάττης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯𐤤𐤮‎ (walweteś).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ly.át.tɛːs/ → /a.lyˈat.tis/ → /a.liˈa.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ly.át.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.lyˈat.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.lyˈat.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.lyˈat.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa.tis/

Proper noun

Ἀλυάττης • (Aluáttēs) m (genitive Ἀλυάττου); first declension

1. a male given name from Lydian, equivalent to English Alyattes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀλυάττης; τοῦ Ἀλυάττου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀλυάττης ho Aluáttēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀλυάττου toû Aluáttou
Dative	τῷ Ἀλυάττῃ tôi Aluáttēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀλυάττην tòn Aluáttēn
Vocative	Ἀλυάττᾰ Aluátta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀλύαττᾰ (Alúatta)
• Ἀλυαττηνός (Aluattēnós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Αλυάττης (Alyáttis)
• → Latin: Alyattēs

References

1. Browne, Gerald Michael (1996), “Notes on Two Lydian Texts”, in Kadmos‎, volume 35, issue 1, DOI:10.1515/kadm.1996.35.1.49, retrieved 9 November 2021, pages 49-52

Further reading

• Ἀλυάττης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000