Ἐπίκτητος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπίκτητος (epíktētos), from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) + κτάομαι (ktáomai) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pík.tɛː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpik.te̝.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpik.ti.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpik.ti.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpik.ti.tos/
Proper noun
Ἐπίκτητος • (Epíktētos) m (genitive Ἐπικτήτου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Epictetus
- in particular, the Stoic philosopher Epictetus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἐπῐ́κτητος ho Epĭ́ktētos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἐπῐκτήτου toû Epĭktḗtou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἐπῐκτήτῳ tôi Epĭktḗtōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἐπῐ́κτητον tòn Epĭ́ktēton | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐπῐ́κτητε Epĭ́ktēte | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009