Βακτρία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bak.trí.aː/ → /βakˈtri.a/ → /vakˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bak.trí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bakˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βakˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vakˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vakˈtri.a/

Proper noun

Βακτρίᾱ • (Baktríā) f (genitive Βακτρίᾱς); first declension

1. Bactria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βακτρίᾱ; τῆς Βακτρίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βακτρίᾱ hē Baktríā
Genitive	τῆς Βακτρίᾱς tês Baktríās
Dative	τῇ Βακτρίᾳ têi Baktríāi
Accusative	τὴν Βακτρίᾱν tḕn Baktríān
Vocative	Βακτρίᾱ Baktríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βάκτριος (Báktrios)
• Βακτριανός (Baktrianós)

Descendants

• Greek: Βακτρία (Vaktría)
• → Latin: Bactria

Further reading

• Βακτρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003