Κτησίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κτῆσις (ktêsis, “possession”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktɛː.sí.aːs/ → /ktiˈsi.as/ → /ktiˈsi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ktɛː.sí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kte̝ˈsi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ktiˈsi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ktiˈsi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ktiˈsi.as/

Proper noun

Κτησῐ́ᾱς • (Ktēsíās) m (genitive Κτησῐ́ου); first declension

1. a male given name
2. Ctesias, a 5th-century physician and historian
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Conon 7

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Κτησῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Κτησῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κτησῐ́ᾱς ho Ktēsíās
Genitive	τοῦ Κτησῐ́ου toû Ktēsíou
Dative	τῷ Κτησῐ́ᾳ tôi Ktēsíāi
Accusative	τὸν Κτησῐ́ᾱν tòn Ktēsíān
Vocative	Κτησῐ́ᾱ Ktēsíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κτησίας (Ktisías)
• Latin: Ctesias

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007