ἐκτομίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “cut out”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās, noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.to.mí.aːs/ → /ek.toˈmi.as/ → /ek.toˈmi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.to.mí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmi.as/

Noun

ἐκτομίᾱς • (ektomíās) m (genitive ἐκτομίου); first declension

1. one that is castrated, a eunuch

   ἐκτομίᾱν ποιεῖν τινα ― ektomíān poieîn tina ― to make someone a eunuch

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐκτομῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ἐκτομῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐκτομῐ́ᾱς ho ektomíās	τὼ ἐκτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ ektomíā	οἱ ἐκτομῐ́αι hoi ektomíai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκτομῐ́ου toû ektomíou	τοῖν ἐκτομῐ́αιν toîn ektomíain	τῶν ἐκτομῐῶν tôn ektomiôn
Dative	τῷ ἐκτομῐ́ᾳ tôi ektomíāi	τοῖν ἐκτομῐ́αιν toîn ektomíain	τοῖς ἐκτομῐ́αις toîs ektomíais
Accusative	τὸν ἐκτομῐ́ᾱν tòn ektomíān	τὼ ἐκτομῐ́ᾱ tṑ ektomíā	τοὺς ἐκτομῐ́ᾱς toùs ektomíās
Vocative	ἐκτομῐ́ᾱ ektomíā	ἐκτομῐ́ᾱ ektomíā	ἐκτομῐ́αι ektomíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐκτομίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκτομίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἐκτομίας”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐκτομίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press