ἴκτινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰκτῖνος (iktînos)

Etymology

Beekes reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *tḱiH-in (“kite”), connecting the word with Armenian ցին (cʻin, “kite”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (saēna, “a mythical bird”), and Sanskrit श्येन (śyena, “eagle, falcon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ík.tiː.nos/ → /ˈik.ti.nos/ → /ˈik.ti.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ík.tiː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈik.ti.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈik.ti.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈik.ti.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈik.ti.nos/

Noun

ἴκτῑνος • (íktīnos) m (genitive ἰκτῑ́νου); second declension

1. kite (Milvus milvus)

   Synonym: λούπης (loúpēs)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἴκτῑνος; τοῦ ἰκτῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἴκτῑνος ho íktīnos	τὼ ἰκτῑ́νω tṑ iktī́nō	οἱ ἴκτῑνοι hoi íktīnoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἰκτῑ́νου toû iktī́nou	τοῖν ἰκτῑ́νοιν toîn iktī́noin	τῶν ἰκτῑ́νων tôn iktī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἰκτῑ́νῳ tôi iktī́nōi	τοῖν ἰκτῑ́νοιν toîn iktī́noin	τοῖς ἰκτῑ́νοις toîs iktī́nois
Accusative	τὸν ἴκτῑνον tòn íktīnon	τὼ ἰκτῑ́νω tṑ iktī́nō	τοὺς ἰκτῑ́νους toùs iktī́nous
Vocative	ἴκτῑνε íktīne	ἰκτῑ́νω iktī́nō	ἴκτῑνοι íktīnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴκτινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἴκτινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN