Ἄρατος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ᾰ̓́ρητος (Árētos) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἀρᾱτός (arātós, “prayed for”).

Pronunciation

Attic

 

• IPA^(key): /á.raː.tos/ → /ˈa.ra.tos/ → /ˈa.ra.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.raː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/

Epic-Ionic

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎː.raː.tos/ → /ˈa.ra.tos/ → /ˈa.ra.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎː.raː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.tos/

Proper noun

Ἄρᾱτος • (Árātos) m (genitive Ἀρᾱ́του); second declension

1. a male given name: Aratus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἄρᾱτος; τοῦ Ἀρᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἄρᾱτος ho Árātos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρᾱ́του toû Arā́tou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρᾱ́τῳ tôi Arā́tōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἄρᾱτον tòn Árāton
Vocative	Ἄρᾱτε Árāte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άρατος (Áratos)
• Latin: Arātus

References

• Ἄρατος 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 1,002