Ἄρκτος
See also: άρκτος and ἄρκτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /árk.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈark.tos/
Proper noun
Ἄρκτος • (Árktos) f (genitive Ἄρκτου); second declension
- (astronomy) Ursa Major
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́ρκτος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ρκτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓́ρκτος ho Árktos | τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρκτω tṑ Árktō | οἱ Ᾰ̓́ρκτοι hoi Árktoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ρκτου toû Árktou | τοῖν Ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν toîn Árktoin | τῶν Ᾰ̓́ρκτων tôn Árktōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓́ρκτῳ tôi Árktōi | τοῖν Ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν toîn Árktoin | τοῖς Ᾰ̓́ρκτοις toîs Árktois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓́ρκτον tòn Árkton | τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρκτω tṑ Árktō | τοὺς Ᾰ̓́ρκτους toùs Árktous | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓́ρκτε Árkte | Ᾰ̓́ρκτω Árktō | Ᾰ̓́ρκτοι Árktoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Άρκτος (Árktos)
References
- Ἄρκτος 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 1,002
- “ἄρκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press