πύκτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *puǵ-teh₂-s, a development of *pewǵ- (“to punch, fist-fight”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pýk.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpyk.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpyk.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpyk.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpik.tis/
Noun
πύκτης • (púktēs) m (genitive πύκτου); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πύκτης ho púktēs |
τὼ πύκτᾱ tṑ púktā |
οἱ πύκται hoi púktai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πύκτου toû púktou |
τοῖν πύκταιν toîn púktain |
τῶν πυκτῶν tôn puktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πύκτῃ tōî púktēi |
τοῖν πύκταιν toîn púktain |
τοῖς πύκταις toîs púktais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πύκτην tòn púktēn |
τὼ πύκτᾱ tṑ púktā |
τοὺς πύκτᾱς toùs púktās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πύκτᾰ púktă |
πύκτᾱ púktā |
πύκται púktai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πύκτης púktēs |
πύκτᾱ púktā |
πύκται púktai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | πύκτᾱο / πύκτεω / πύκτω púktāo / púkteō / púktō |
πύκταιῐ̈ν púktaiĭ̈n |
πυκτᾱ́ων / πυκτέων / πυκτῶν puktā́ōn / puktéōn / puktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | πύκτῃ púktēi |
πύκταιῐ̈ν púktaiĭ̈n |
πύκτῃσῐ / πύκτῃσῐν / πύκτῃς / πύκταις púktēisĭ(n) / púktēis / púktais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | πύκτην púktēn |
πύκτᾱ púktā |
πύκτᾱς púktās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πύκτη púktē |
πύκτᾱ púktā |
πύκται púktai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- πυκταλεύω (puktaleúō)
- πυκταλίζω (puktalízō)
- πυκτεῖον (pukteîon)
- πύκτευσις (púkteusis)
- πυκτευτής (pukteutḗs)
- πυκτεύω (pukteúō)
- πυκτικός (puktikós)
- πυκτοσύνη (puktosúnē)
Related terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πυγμή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1254: “DER > line 8 > πύκτης [m.] 'fist-fighter'”
Further reading
- “πύκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πύκτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πύκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πύκτης in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- πύκτης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011