ἠλακατήν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἠλᾰκᾰτήν • (ēlakatḗn) m (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
Third declension of ὁ ἠλᾰκᾰτήν; τοῦ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἠλᾰκᾰτήν
ho ēlakatḗn		 τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνε
tṑ ēlakatêne		 οἱ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνες
hoi ēlakatênes
Genitive τοῦ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνος
toû ēlakatênos		 τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰτήνοιν
toîn ēlakatḗnoin		 τῶν ἠλᾰκᾰτήνων
tôn ēlakatḗnōn
Dative τῷ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνῐ
tôi ēlakatêni		 τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰτήνοιν
toîn ēlakatḗnoin		 τοῖς ἠλᾰκᾰτῆσῐ / ἠλᾰκᾰτῆσῐν
toîs ēlakatêsi(n)
Accusative τὸν ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνᾰ
tòn ēlakatêna		 τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνε
tṑ ēlakatêne		 τοὺς ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνᾰς
toùs ēlakatênas
Vocative ἠλᾰκᾰτήν
ēlakatḗn		 ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνε
ēlakatêne		 ἠλᾰκᾰτῆνες
ēlakatênes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Latin: ēlacatēn

References
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