ἀναλέκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓νᾰλέγω (analégō, “to pick up”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun–forming suffix): “picker-upper”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.na.lék.tɛːs/ → /a.naˈlek.tis/ → /a.naˈlek.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.na.lék.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.naˈlek.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈlek.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈlek.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.naˈlek.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτης • (analéktēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτου); first declension (hapax)

1. a slave who picked up crumbs after a meal
   • Mart., 7 20

Declension

First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτης; τοῦ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτης ho analéktēs	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτᾱ tṑ analéktā	οἱ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκται hoi analéktai
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτου toû analéktou	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰλέκταιν toîn analéktain	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰλεκτῶν tôn analektôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτῃ tôi analéktēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰλέκταιν toîn analéktain	τοῖς ᾰ̓νᾰλέκταις toîs analéktais
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτην tòn analéktēn	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτᾱ tṑ analéktā	τοὺς ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτᾱς toùs analéktās
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτᾰ analékta	ᾰ̓νᾰλέκτᾱ analéktā	ᾰ̓νᾰλέκται analéktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: analecta

Further reading

• “ἀναλέκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀναλέκτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)