σάκτας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάττω (sáttō, “to pack, stuff”). Not related to σάκκος (sákkos, “sack; sackcloth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sák.taːs/ → /ˈsak.tas/ → /ˈsak.tas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sák.taːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/

Noun

σᾰ́κτᾱς • (sáktās) m (genitive σᾰ́κτου); first declension

1. sack

   Synonym: σάκκος (sákkos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ σᾰ́κτᾱς; τοῦ σᾰ́κτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́κτᾱς ho sáktās	τὼ σᾰ́κτᾱ tṑ sáktā	οἱ σᾰ́κται hoi sáktai
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́κτου toû sáktou	τοῖν σᾰ́κταιν toîn sáktain	τῶν σᾰκτῶν tôn saktôn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́κτᾳ tôi sáktāi	τοῖν σᾰ́κταιν toîn sáktain	τοῖς σᾰ́κταις toîs sáktais
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́κτᾱν tòn sáktān	τὼ σᾰ́κτᾱ tṑ sáktā	τοὺς σᾰ́κτᾱς toùs sáktās
Vocative	σᾰ́κτᾱ sáktā	σᾰ́κτᾱ sáktā	σᾰ́κται sáktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σάκτας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σάκτας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette