παλτός

See also: Πάλτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάλλω (pállō, “to brandish”) +‎ -τός (-tós, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pal.tós/ → /palˈtos/ → /palˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pal.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /palˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /palˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /palˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /palˈtos/

Adjective

πᾰλτός • (paltós) m (feminine πᾰλτή, neuter πᾰλτόν); first/second declension

1. brandished, hurled

Declension

First and second declension of πᾰλτός; πᾰλτή; πᾰλτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰλτός paltós	πᾰλτή paltḗ	πᾰλτόν paltón		πᾰλτώ paltṓ	πᾰλτᾱ́ paltā́	πᾰλτώ paltṓ		πᾰλτοί paltoí	πᾰλταί paltaí	πᾰλτᾰ́ paltá
Genitive		πᾰλτοῦ paltoû	πᾰλτῆς paltês	πᾰλτοῦ paltoû		πᾰλτοῖν paltoîn	πᾰλταῖν paltaîn	πᾰλτοῖν paltoîn		πᾰλτῶν paltôn	πᾰλτῶν paltôn	πᾰλτῶν paltôn
Dative		πᾰλτῷ paltôi	πᾰλτῇ paltêi	πᾰλτῷ paltôi		πᾰλτοῖν paltoîn	πᾰλταῖν paltaîn	πᾰλτοῖν paltoîn		πᾰλτοῖς paltoîs	πᾰλταῖς paltaîs	πᾰλτοῖς paltoîs
Accusative		πᾰλτόν paltón	πᾰλτήν paltḗn	πᾰλτόν paltón		πᾰλτώ paltṓ	πᾰλτᾱ́ paltā́	πᾰλτώ paltṓ		πᾰλτούς paltoús	πᾰλτᾱ́ς paltā́s	πᾰλτᾰ́ paltá
Vocative		πᾰλτέ palté	πᾰλτή paltḗ	πᾰλτόν paltón		πᾰλτώ paltṓ	πᾰλτᾱ́ paltā́	πᾰλτώ paltṓ		πᾰλτοί paltoí	πᾰλταί paltaí	πᾰλτᾰ́ paltá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πᾰλτῶς paltôs				πᾰλτότερος paltóteros				πᾰλτότᾰτος paltótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰλτᾰ́ζω (paltázō)
• πᾰλτόν (paltón)

 

Further reading

• “παλτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παλτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παλτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette