διάκτορος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• διάκτωρ (diáktōr)

Etymology

Said by Autenrieth to be from διώκω (diṓkō, “to chase”) and not διάγω (diágō, “to carry over”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ák.to.ros/ → /ðiˈak.to.ros/ → /ðiˈak.to.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ák.to.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈak.to.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈak.to.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈak.to.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈak.to.ros/

Noun

δῐάκτορος • (diáktoros) m (genitive δῐακτόρου); second declension

1. (Epic) runner, guide (epithet of Hermes)

Inflection

Second declension of δῐάκτορος; δῐακτόρου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	δῐάκτορος diáktoros
Genitive	δῐακτόρου / δῐακτοροῖο / δῐακτόροιο / δῐακτορόο / δῐακτόροο diaktórou / diaktoroîo / diaktóroio / diaktoróo / diaktóroo
Dative	δῐακτόρῳ diaktórōi
Accusative	δῐάκτορον diáktoron
Vocative	δῐάκτορε diáktore
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• συνδιάκτορος (sundiáktoros)

Further reading

• “διάκτορος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• διάκτορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διάκτορος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “διάκτορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press