ἠλακάτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἠλεκᾰ́τη (ēlekátē) — epigraphical
• ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ (ēlakátā) — Doric
• ᾱ̓λᾰκᾰ́τᾱ (ālakátā) — Aeolic

Etymology

Unknown. Solmsen assumed an Anatolian origin, but it is probably just Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.la.ká.tɛː/ → /i.laˈka.ti/ → /i.laˈka.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.la.ká.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.laˈka.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈka.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈka.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.laˈka.ti/

Noun

ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη • (ēlakátē) f (genitive ἠλᾰκᾰ́της); first declension

1. distaff, spindle

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη; τῆς ἠλᾰκᾰ́της (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη hē ēlakátē	τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ tṑ ēlakátā	αἱ ἠλᾰκᾰ́ται hai ēlakátai
Genitive	τῆς ἠλᾰκᾰ́της tês ēlakátēs	τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰ́ταιν toîn ēlakátain	τῶν ἠλᾰκᾰτῶν tôn ēlakatôn
Dative	τῇ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τῃ têi ēlakátēi	τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰ́ταιν toîn ēlakátain	ταῖς ἠλᾰκᾰ́ταις taîs ēlakátais
Accusative	τὴν ἠλᾰκᾰ́την tḕn ēlakátēn	τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ tṑ ēlakátā	τᾱ̀ς ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱς tā̀s ēlakátās
Vocative	ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη ēlakátē	ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ ēlakátā	ἠλᾰκᾰ́ται ēlakátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐοσηλᾰκᾰ́τη (diosēlakátē)
• δῠσηλᾰ́κᾰτος (dusēlákatos)
• εὐηλᾰ́κᾰτος (euēlákatos)
• Ἠλᾰκᾰ́τειᾰ (Ēlakáteia)
• ἠλᾰκᾰτήν (ēlakatḗn)
• ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ (ēlákata)
• πολῠηλᾰ́κᾰτος (poluēlákatos)
• στρεψηλᾰ́κᾰτος (strepsēlákatos)
• φῐληλᾰ́κᾰτος (philēlákatos)
• χρῡσηλᾰ́κᾰτος (khrūsēlákatos)
• ᾰ̓νηλᾰ́κᾰτος (anēlákatos)
• ᾰ̓νᾱλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ (anālákata)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ηλακάτη (ilakáti)
• Latin: ēlacatae

Further reading

• “ἠλᾰκάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠλακάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἠλακάτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN