Ἄρκτος

See also: άρκτος and ἄρκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /árk.tos/ → /ˈark.tos/ → /ˈark.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /árk.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈark.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈark.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈark.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈark.tos/

Proper noun

Ἄρκτος • (Árktos) f (genitive Ἄρκτου); second declension

1. (astronomy) Ursa Major

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́ρκτος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ρκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́ρκτος ho Árktos	τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρκτω tṑ Árktō	οἱ Ᾰ̓́ρκτοι hoi Árktoi
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́ρκτου toû Árktou	τοῖν Ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν toîn Árktoin	τῶν Ᾰ̓́ρκτων tôn Árktōn
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́ρκτῳ tôi Árktōi	τοῖν Ᾰ̓́ρκτοιν toîn Árktoin	τοῖς Ᾰ̓́ρκτοις toîs Árktois
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓́ρκτον tòn Árkton	τὼ Ᾰ̓́ρκτω tṑ Árktō	τοὺς Ᾰ̓́ρκτους toùs Árktous
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́ρκτε Árkte	Ᾰ̓́ρκτω Árktō	Ᾰ̓́ρκτοι Árktoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άρκτος (Árktos)

References

• Ἄρκτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
• “ἄρκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press