πραότης

See also: πρᾳότης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πρᾳότης (prāiótēs)

Etymology

πρᾶο(ς) (prâo(s)) +‎ -της (-tēs). Also, with a spelling from πρᾷος (prâios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /praː.ó.tɛːs/ → /praˈo.tis/ → /praˈo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /praː.ó.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /praˈo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /praˈo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /praˈo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /praˈo.tis/

Noun

πρᾱότης • (prāótēs) f (genitive πρᾱότητος); third declension

1. gentleness, mildness

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πρᾱότης; τῆς πρᾱότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρᾱότης hē prāótēs	τὼ πρᾱότητε tṑ prāótēte	αἱ πρᾱότητες hai prāótētes
Genitive	τῆς πρᾱότητος tês prāótētos	τοῖν πρᾱοτήτοιν toîn prāotḗtoin	τῶν πρᾱοτήτων tôn prāotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ πρᾱότητῐ têi prāótēti	τοῖν πρᾱοτήτοιν toîn prāotḗtoin	ταῖς πρᾱότησῐ / πρᾱότησῐν taîs prāótēsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρᾱότητᾰ tḕn prāótēta	τὼ πρᾱότητε tṑ prāótēte	τᾱ̀ς πρᾱότητᾰς tā̀s prāótētas
Vocative	πρᾱότης prāótēs	πρᾱότητε prāótēte	πρᾱότητες prāótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

• → Greek: πραότητα (praótita) (learned)

Further reading

• “πραότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πραότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πραότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amiability idem, page 27.
  • clemency idem, page 137.
  • gentleness idem, page 357.
  • graciousness idem, page 368.
  • humanity idem, page 409.
  • indulgence idem, page 435.
  • kindness idem, page 469.
  • lenity idem, page 485.
  • meekness idem, page 522.
  • mercifulness idem, page 525.
  • mildness idem, page 529.
  • patience idem, page 598.
  • placability idem, page 615.
  • smoothness idem, page 788.
  • suavity idem, page 830.
  • tenderness idem, page 861.