πάκτων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Doric πᾱκτός (pāktós, “compacted”), equivalent to Attic πηκτός (pēktós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pǎːk.tɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpak.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpak.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpak.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpak.ton/
Noun
πᾱ́κτων • (pā́ktōn) m (genitive πᾱ́κτωνος); third declension
- light boat of wickerwork, used on the Nile
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πᾱ́κτων ho pā́ktōn |
τὼ πᾱ́κτωνε tṑ pā́ktōne |
οἱ πᾱ́κτωνες hoi pā́ktōnes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾱ́κτωνος toû pā́ktōnos |
τοῖν πᾱκτώνοιν toîn pāktṓnoin |
τῶν πᾱκτώνων tôn pāktṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾱ́κτωνῐ tōî pā́ktōnĭ |
τοῖν πᾱκτώνοιν toîn pāktṓnoin |
τοῖς πᾱ́κτωσῐ / πᾱ́κτωσῐν toîs pā́ktōsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πᾱ́κτωνᾰ tòn pā́ktōnă |
τὼ πᾱ́κτωνε tṑ pā́ktōne |
τοὺς πᾱ́κτωνᾰς toùs pā́ktōnăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾱ́κτων pā́ktōn |
πᾱ́κτωνε pā́ktōne |
πᾱ́κτωνες pā́ktōnes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πᾱκτωνῑ́της (pāktōnī́tēs)
- πᾱκτωνοποιός (pāktōnopoiós)
Further reading
- “πάκτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πάκτων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette