καχέκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰκός (kakós) +‎ ἕξῐς (héxis) +‎ -της (-tēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.kʰék.tɛːs/ → /kaˈçek.tis/ → /kaˈçek.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.kʰék.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈkʰek.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈçek.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈçek.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈçek.tis/

Adjective

κᾰχέκτης • (kakhéktēs) m (genitive κᾰχέκτου)

1. in a bad habit of body
2. (figuratively, in a political sense) disaffected

Declension

First declension of ὁ κᾰχέκτης; τοῦ κᾰχέκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰχέκτης ho kakhéktēs	τὼ κᾰχέκτᾱ tṑ kakhéktā	οἱ κᾰχέκται hoi kakhéktai
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰχέκτου toû kakhéktou	τοῖν κᾰχέκταιν toîn kakhéktain	τῶν κᾰχεκτῶν tôn kakhektôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰχέκτῃ tôi kakhéktēi	τοῖν κᾰχέκταιν toîn kakhéktain	τοῖς κᾰχέκταις toîs kakhéktais
Accusative	τὸν κᾰχέκτην tòn kakhéktēn	τὼ κᾰχέκτᾱ tṑ kakhéktā	τοὺς κᾰχέκτᾱς toùs kakhéktās
Vocative	κᾰχέκτᾰ kakhékta	κᾰχέκτᾱ kakhéktā	κᾰχέκται kakhéktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: cachecta

References

• “καχέκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press