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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same root as ἠλακάτη (ēlakátē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛː.lá.ka.ta/ → /iˈla.ka.ta/ → /iˈla.ka.ta/
Noun
ἠλάκᾰτᾰ • (ēlákata) n pl (genitive ἠλᾰκάτων); second declension
- (Epic) the wool on the distaff
Declension
ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ
ēlákata
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ἠλᾰκᾰ́των
ēlakátōn
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ἠλᾰκᾰ́τοισῐ / ἠλᾰκᾰ́τοισῐν / ἠλᾰκᾰ́τοις
ēlakátoisi(n) / ēlakátois
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ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ
ēlákata
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ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ
ēlákata
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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Further reading
- “ἠλάκατα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἠλάκατα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἠλάκατα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἠλάκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press