κάκτος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
A possible loan from Pre-Greek.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kák.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkak.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkak.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkak.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkak.tos/
Noun edit
κᾰ́κτος • (káktos) f or m (genitive κᾰ́κτου); second declension
- (feminine) the cardoon, Cynara cardunculus
- Antig., Mir. 8
- (masculine) the artichoke (the fruit of the cardoon); also, the cardoon’s edible leaf-stalks
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́κτος ho, hē káktos |
τὼ κᾰ́κτω tṑ káktō |
οἱ, αἱ κᾰ́κτοι hoi, hai káktoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς κᾰ́κτου toû, tês káktou |
τοῖν κᾰ́κτοιν toîn káktoin |
τῶν κᾰ́κτων tôn káktōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ κᾰ́κτῳ tôi, têi káktōi |
τοῖν κᾰ́κτοιν toîn káktoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰ́κτοις toîs, taîs káktois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν κᾰ́κτον tòn, tḕn kákton |
τὼ κᾰ́κτω tṑ káktō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́κτους toùs, tā̀s káktous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́κτε kákte |
κᾰ́κτω káktō |
κᾰ́κτοι káktoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “κάκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάκτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin cactus, from the Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos).
Noun edit
κάκτος • (káktos) m (plural κάκτοι)
Declension edit
declension of κάκτος
References edit
- κάκτος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.