ἀτρεκής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. The analysis as a compound of privative ἀ- (a-) and an s-stem *τρέκος (*trékos), in the sense “undistorted”, finds no further support: connection with the root of Latin torqueō (“to twist, wind, wry”) is impossible, because a reflex of the labiovelar would be lacking.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.tre.kɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.treˈke̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.treˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.treˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.treˈcis/
Adjective
ἀτρεκής • (atrekḗs) m or f (neuter ἀτρεκές); third declension
- precise, exact, strict
- sure, certain
Declension
Third declension of ἀτρεκής; ἀτρεκές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀτρεκής atrekḗs | ἀτρεκές atrekés | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκεῖς atrekeîs | ἀτρεκῆ atrekê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀτρεκοῦς atrekoûs | ἀτρεκοῦς atrekoûs | ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn | ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn | ἀτρεκῶν atrekôn | ἀτρεκῶν atrekôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn | ἀτρεκοῖν atrekoîn | ἀτρεκέσῐ / ἀτρεκέσῐν atrekési(n) | ἀτρεκέσῐ / ἀτρεκέσῐν atrekési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀτρεκῆ atrekê | ἀτρεκές atrekés | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκεῖς atrekeîs | ἀτρεκῆ atrekê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀτρεκές atrekés | ἀτρεκές atrekés | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκεῖ atrekeî | ἀτρεκεῖς atrekeîs | ἀτρεκῆ atrekê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀτρεκῶς atrekôs | ἀτρεκέστερος atrekésteros | ἀτρεκέστᾰτος atrekéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀτρέκειᾱ (atrékeiā)
- ἀτρεκέω (atrekéō)
- ἀτρεκότης (atrekótēs)
Further reading
- “ἀτρεκής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀτρεκής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀτρεκής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀτρεκής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀτρεκής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀτρεκής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN