Ἀκταίων
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- Ἀκτέων (Aktéōn) — verse
Etymology
editPossibly derived from ἀκτίς or ἀκοντίζω, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ak.tǎi̯.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /akˈtɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /akˈtɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /akˈte.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /akˈte.on/
Proper noun
editἈκταίων • (Aktaíōn) m (genitive Ἀκταίωνος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Actaeon
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀκταίων ho Aktaíōn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀκταίωνος toû Aktaíōnos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀκταίωνῐ tôi Aktaíōni | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀκταίωνᾰ tòn Aktaíōna | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀκταίων Aktaíōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Ἀκταίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999
- Alessandro Schiesaro, (2019) Nonnus’ Actaeon: Destiny in a Name
- “Ἀκταίων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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