Κτησίας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κτῆσις (ktêsis, “possession”) + -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ktɛː.sí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kte̝ˈsi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ktiˈsi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ktiˈsi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ktiˈsi.as/
Proper noun
Κτησῐ́ᾱς • (Ktēsíās) m (genitive Κτησῐ́ου); first declension
- a male given name
- Ctesias, a 5th-century physician and historian
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Κτησῐ́ᾱς ho Ktēsíās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Κτησῐ́ου toû Ktēsíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Κτησῐ́ᾳ tôi Ktēsíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Κτησῐ́ᾱν tòn Ktēsíān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κτησῐ́ᾱ Ktēsíā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007