Προκρούστης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From προκρούω (prokroúō, “stretch”) + -στης (-stēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.krǔːs.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈkrus.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈkrus.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈkrus.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈkrus.tis/
Proper noun
Προκρούστης • (Prokroústēs) m (genitive Προκρούστου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Προκρούστης ho Prokroústēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Προκρούστου toû Prokroústou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Προκρούστῃ tôi Prokroústēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Προκρούστην tòn Prokroústēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Προκροῦστᾰ Prokroûsta | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
Descendants
- Greek: Προκρούστης (Prokroústis)
- Latin: Procrūstēs
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
- Προκρούστης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette