πράκτωρ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editπρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “to practice, accomplish”) + -τωρ (-tōr, “agent noun suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prǎːk.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈprak.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈprak.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈprak.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈprak.tor/
Noun
editπρᾱ́κτωρ • (prā́ktōr) m (genitive πρᾱ́κτορος); third declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πρᾱ́κτωρ ho prā́ktōr |
τὼ πρᾱ́κτορε tṑ prā́ktore |
οἱ πρᾱ́κτορες hoi prā́ktores | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πρᾱ́κτορος toû prā́ktoros |
τοῖν πρᾱκτόροιν toîn prāktóroin |
τῶν πρᾱκτόρων tôn prāktórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πρᾱ́κτορῐ tôi prā́ktori |
τοῖν πρᾱκτόροιν toîn prāktóroin |
τοῖς πρᾱ́κτορσῐ / πρᾱ́κτορσῐν toîs prā́ktorsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πρᾱ́κτορᾰ tòn prā́ktora |
τὼ πρᾱ́κτορε tṑ prā́ktore |
τοὺς πρᾱ́κτορᾰς toùs prā́ktoras | ||||||||||
Vocative | πρᾶκτορ prâktor |
πρᾱ́κτορε prā́ktore |
πρᾱ́κτορες prā́ktores | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: πράκτορας (práktoras)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πρᾱ́σσω (> DER > Agent nouns: > 6. πράκτωρ, -ορος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1229-30
Further reading
edit- πράκτωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πράκτωρ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “πράκτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4233 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.