πάτος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pátos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pátos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /pátos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /pátos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /pátos/

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Clearly related to πατέω (pateō, “I walk, tread”), but which gave rise to which is less clear. It could be an old variant of πόντος (pontos) (and if so, πατέω (pateō) would be the derivative).

Noun

πάτος (genitive πάτου) m, second declension; (patos)

1. trodden or beaten way, path
2. step (movement of the foot), stepping, treading
3. floor
4. dirt, mud, dung

Inflection

Second declension of πάτος, πάτου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πάτος	πάτω	πάτοι
Genitive	πάτου	πάτοιν	πάτων
Dative	πάτῳ	πάτοιν	πάτοις
Accusative	πάτον	πάτω	πάτους
Vocative	πάτε	πάτω	πάτοι

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, walk; way”). Cognates include Sanskrit ... (pánthāḥ), Avestan ... (pantā), Old Armenian հուն (hun), Proto-Germanic *paþaz, whence English path.

Noun

πάτος (genitive πάτεος, πάτους) n, third declension; (patos)

1. robe worn by Hera

Inflection

Third declension of πάτος, πάτεος (uncontracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πάτος	πάτεε	πάτεᾰ
Genitive	πάτεος	πατέοιν	πατέων
Dative	πάτεϊ	πατέοιν	πάτεσσῐ(ν)
Accusative	πάτος	πάτεε	πάτεᾰ
Vocative	πάτος	πάτεε	πάτεᾰ

This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. πάτεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

Third declension of πάτος, πάτους (contracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πάτος	πάτει	πάτη
Genitive	πάτους	πατοῖν	πατῶν
Dative	πάτει	πατοῖν	πάτεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	πάτος	πάτει	πάτη
Vocative	πάτος	πάτει	πάτη

The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.

References

• LSJ