Βακτριανός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βάκτριος (Báktrios)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bactriānus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bak.tri.aː.nós/ → /βak.tri.aˈnos/ → /vak.tri.aˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bak.tri.aː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bak.tri.aˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βak.tri.aˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vak.tri.aˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vak.tri.aˈnos/

Adjective

Βακτριᾱνός • (Baktriānós) m (feminine Βακτριᾱνή, neuter Βακτριᾱνόν); first/second declension

1. an inhabitant of Bactria; a Bactrian
2. Bactrian (as of a camel)

Inflection

First and second declension of Βακτριᾱνός; Βακτριᾱνή; Βακτριᾱνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Βακτριᾱνός Baktriānós	Βακτριᾱνή Baktriānḗ	Βακτριᾱνόν Baktriānón		Βακτριᾱνώ Baktriānṓ	Βακτριᾱνᾱ́ Baktriānā́	Βακτριᾱνώ Baktriānṓ		Βακτριᾱνοί Baktriānoí	Βακτριᾱναί Baktriānaí	Βακτριᾱνᾰ́ Baktriāná
Genitive		Βακτριᾱνοῦ Baktriānoû	Βακτριᾱνῆς Baktriānês	Βακτριᾱνοῦ Baktriānoû		Βακτριᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn	Βακτριᾱναῖν Baktriānaîn	Βακτριᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn		Βακτριᾱνῶν Baktriānôn	Βακτριᾱνῶν Baktriānôn	Βακτριᾱνῶν Baktriānôn
Dative		Βακτριᾱνῷ Baktriānôi	Βακτριᾱνῇ Baktriānêi	Βακτριᾱνῷ Baktriānôi		Βακτριᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn	Βακτριᾱναῖν Baktriānaîn	Βακτριᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn		Βακτριᾱνοῖς Baktriānoîs	Βακτριᾱναῖς Baktriānaîs	Βακτριᾱνοῖς Baktriānoîs
Accusative		Βακτριᾱνόν Baktriānón	Βακτριᾱνήν Baktriānḗn	Βακτριᾱνόν Baktriānón		Βακτριᾱνώ Baktriānṓ	Βακτριᾱνᾱ́ Baktriānā́	Βακτριᾱνώ Baktriānṓ		Βακτριᾱνούς Baktriānoús	Βακτριᾱνᾱ́ς Baktriānā́s	Βακτριᾱνᾰ́ Baktriāná
Vocative		Βακτριᾱνέ Baktriāné	Βακτριᾱνή Baktriānḗ	Βακτριᾱνόν Baktriānón		Βακτριᾱνώ Baktriānṓ	Βακτριᾱνᾱ́ Baktriānā́	Βακτριᾱνώ Baktriānṓ		Βακτριᾱνοί Baktriānoí	Βακτριᾱναί Baktriānaí	Βακτριᾱνᾰ́ Baktriāná
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βακτριανός (Vaktrianós)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• “Βακτριανός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011