καταῖτυξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formally reminiscent of ᾰ̓́ντῠξ (ắntŭx). A Semitic connection has been proposed by Lewy, but is unconvincing according to Frisk. Ultimately, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tâi̯.tyks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈtɛ.tyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈtɛ.tyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈte.tyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈte.tiks/
Noun
κᾰταῖτῠξ • (kătaîtŭx) f (genitive κᾰταίτῠγος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰταῖτῠξ hē kătaîtŭx |
τὼ κᾰταίτῠγε tṑ kătaítŭge |
αἱ κᾰταίτῠγες hai kătaítŭges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰταίτῠγος tês kătaítŭgos |
τοῖν κᾰταιτῠ́γοιν toîn kătaitŭ́goin |
τῶν κᾰταιτῠ́γων tôn kătaitŭ́gōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰταίτῠγῐ tēî kătaítŭgĭ |
τοῖν κᾰταιτῠ́γοιν toîn kătaitŭ́goin |
ταῖς κᾰταίτῠξῐ / κᾰταίτῠξῐν taîs kătaítŭxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰταίτῠγᾰ tḕn kătaítŭgă |
τὼ κᾰταίτῠγε tṑ kătaítŭge |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰταίτῠγᾰς tā̀s kătaítŭgăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰταῖτῠξ kătaîtŭx |
κᾰταίτῠγε kătaítŭge |
κᾰταίτῠγες kătaítŭges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “καταῖτυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καταῖτυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “καταῖτυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καταῖτυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καταῖτυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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