πεντάτευχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πεντα- (penta-, “five”) +‎ τεῦχος (teûkhos, “case of papyrus rolls”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pen.tá.teu̯.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /penˈta.tew.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.teɸ.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /penˈta.tef.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /penˈda.tef.xos/

Adjective

πεντάτευχος • (pentáteukhos) m or f (neuter πεντάτευχον); second declension

consisting of five papyrus rolls or (more generally) five books
(nominalized, feminine, Judaism, Christianity) Pentateuch, Torah

Declension

Second declension of πεντᾰ́τευχος; πεντᾰ́τευχον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πεντᾰ́τευχος pentáteukhos	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentáteukhon	πεντᾰτεύχω pentateúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχω pentateúkhō	πεντᾰ́τευχοι pentáteukhoi	πεντᾰ́τευχᾰ pentáteukha
Genitive	πεντᾰτεύχου pentateúkhou	πεντᾰτεύχου pentateúkhou	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentateúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentateúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχων pentateúkhōn	πεντᾰτεύχων pentateúkhōn
Dative	πεντᾰτεύχῳ pentateúkhōi	πεντᾰτεύχῳ pentateúkhōi	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentateúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχοιν pentateúkhoin	πεντᾰτεύχοις pentateúkhois	πεντᾰτεύχοις pentateúkhois
Accusative	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentáteukhon	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentáteukhon	πεντᾰτεύχω pentateúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχω pentateúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχους pentateúkhous	πεντᾰ́τευχᾰ pentáteukha
Vocative	πεντᾰ́τευχε pentáteukhe	πεντᾰ́τευχον pentáteukhon	πεντᾰτεύχω pentateúkhō	πεντᾰτεύχω pentateúkhō	πεντᾰ́τευχοι pentáteukhoi	πεντᾰ́τευχᾰ pentáteukha
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πεντᾰτεύχως pentateúkhōs		πεντᾰτευχότερος pentateukhóteros		πεντᾰτευχότᾰτος pentateukhótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Πεντάτευχος (Pentátefchos)
→ Latin: Pentateuchus
- → Asturian: Pentateucu
- → Catalan: Pentateuc
- → Dutch: Pentateuch
  - Afrikaans: Pentateug
  - → Indonesian: Pentateukh
- → Finnish: pentateukki
- → French: Pentateuque
- → Galician: Pentateuco
- → Italian: Pentateuco
- → Polish: Pentateuch
- → Portuguese: Pentateuco
- → Romanian: Pentateuh
- → Spanish: Pentateuco