ἠλακατήν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Particularly: “ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη (ēlăkắtē) +‎ -ήν (-ḗn)?”

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἠλᾰκᾰτήν (ēlăkătḗnm (genitive ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνος); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) a large sea-fish, probably a kind of tunny
    • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Kol.Fr. 7
    • 400 BCE – 300 BCE, Mnesimachus, Collected Works 4.35
    • Mnaseas 33
    • AD 2nd C., Aelius Herodianus (aut.), Augustus Lentz (ed.), Περὶ καθολικῆς προσῳδίας in Grammatici Graeci III: Herodiani technici reliquiae I: Praefationem et Herodiani Prosodiam catholicam continens (1867), bk i, p. 16, ll. 6–8:
      Τὰ εἰς ην ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰς χαίρουσι τῇ ὀξείᾳ οἷον ἀτταγήν, κορδυλήν, μαριθήν, δοθιήν, ἠλακατήν ὄνομα ἰχθύος κητώδους καὶ κύριον.
      Tà eis ēn hupèr dúo sullabàs khaírousi têi oxeíāi hoîon attagḗn, kordulḗn, marithḗn, dothiḗn, ēlakatḗn ónoma ikhthúos kētṓdous kaì kúrion.
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Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: ēlacatēn

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