Ἀλκάθοος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλκή (alkḗ, “prowess, force”) +‎ θοός (thoós, “quick”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.ká.tʰo.os/ → /alˈka.θo.os/ → /alˈka.θo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.ká.tʰo.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alˈka.tʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈka.θo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈka.θo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈka.θo.os/

Proper noun

Ἀλκᾰ́θοος • (Alkáthoos) m (genitive Ἀλκᾰθόου); second declension

1. a male given name
2. (Greek mythology) Alcathous, a Trojan soldier slain by Idomeneus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀλκᾰ́θοος; τοῦ Ἀλκᾰθόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀλκᾰ́θοος ho Alkáthoos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀλκᾰθόου toû Alkathóou
Dative	τῷ Ἀλκᾰθόῳ tôi Alkathóōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀλκᾰ́θοον tòn Alkáthoon
Vocative	Ἀλκᾰ́θοε Alkáthoe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αλκάθοος (Alkáthoos)
• → Latin: Alcathous

References

• “Ἀλκάθοος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀλκάθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἀλκάθοος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)