ἐκλεκτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “to pick out”) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.klek.tós/ → /e.klekˈtos/ → /e.klekˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.klek.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.klekˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.klekˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.klekˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.klekˈtos/

Adjective

ἐκλεκτός • (eklektós) m (feminine ἐκλεκτή, neuter ἐκλεκτόν); first/second declension

1. picked out, select
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.100
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 938B
2. (in New Testament and ecclesiastical writings, in the plural) the elect
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Isaiah 43.20
   • The Gospel of Mark 13:20

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐκλεκτός; ἐκλεκτή; ἐκλεκτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐκλεκτός eklektós	ἐκλεκτή eklektḗ	ἐκλεκτόν eklektón		ἐκλεκτώ eklektṓ	ἐκλεκτᾱ́ eklektā́	ἐκλεκτώ eklektṓ		ἐκλεκτοί eklektoí	ἐκλεκταί eklektaí	ἐκλεκτᾰ́ eklektá
Genitive		ἐκλεκτοῦ eklektoû	ἐκλεκτῆς eklektês	ἐκλεκτοῦ eklektoû		ἐκλεκτοῖν eklektoîn	ἐκλεκταῖν eklektaîn	ἐκλεκτοῖν eklektoîn		ἐκλεκτῶν eklektôn	ἐκλεκτῶν eklektôn	ἐκλεκτῶν eklektôn
Dative		ἐκλεκτῷ eklektôi	ἐκλεκτῇ eklektêi	ἐκλεκτῷ eklektôi		ἐκλεκτοῖν eklektoîn	ἐκλεκταῖν eklektaîn	ἐκλεκτοῖν eklektoîn		ἐκλεκτοῖς eklektoîs	ἐκλεκταῖς eklektaîs	ἐκλεκτοῖς eklektoîs
Accusative		ἐκλεκτόν eklektón	ἐκλεκτήν eklektḗn	ἐκλεκτόν eklektón		ἐκλεκτώ eklektṓ	ἐκλεκτᾱ́ eklektā́	ἐκλεκτώ eklektṓ		ἐκλεκτούς eklektoús	ἐκλεκτᾱ́ς eklektā́s	ἐκλεκτᾰ́ eklektá
Vocative		ἐκλεκτέ eklekté	ἐκλεκτή eklektḗ	ἐκλεκτόν eklektón		ἐκλεκτώ eklektṓ	ἐκλεκτᾱ́ eklektā́	ἐκλεκτώ eklektṓ		ἐκλεκτοί eklektoí	ἐκλεκταί eklektaí	ἐκλεκτᾰ́ eklektá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐκλεκτῶς eklektôs				ἐκλεκτότερος eklektóteros				ἐκλεκτότᾰτος eklektótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐκλεκτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐκλεκτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐκλεκτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκλεκτός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1588 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • choice idem, page 131.
  • chosen idem, page 131.
  • select idem, page 750.
  • single idem, page 777.