Ἄκτωρ
See also: ἄκτωρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ák.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈak.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈak.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈak.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈak.tor/
Proper noun
Ἄκτωρ • (Áktōr) m (genitive Ἄκτορος); third declension
- Actor, an extremely common men's name in Greek mythology
- 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 555
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.513
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἄκτωρ; τοῦ Ἄκτορος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἄκτωρ ho Áktōr | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἄκτορος toû Áktoros | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἄκτορῐ tôi Áktori | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἄκτορᾰ tòn Áktora | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἄκτορ? Áktor? | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Άκτωρ (Áktor); Άκτορας (Áktoras)
- Latin: Actor
References
- “Ἄκτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἄκτωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἄκτωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “Ἄκτωρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999