ἠλάκατα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root as ἠλακάτη (ēlakátē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.lá.ka.ta/ → /iˈla.ka.ta/ → /iˈla.ka.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.lá.ka.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈla.ka.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈla.ka.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈla.ka.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈla.ka.ta/

Noun

ἠλάκᾰτᾰ • (ēlákata) n pl (genitive ἠλᾰκάτων); second declension

1. (Epic) the wool on the distaff

Declension

Second declension of ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ; ἠλᾰκᾰ́των (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ ēlákata
Genitive	ἠλᾰκᾰ́των ēlakátōn
Dative	ἠλᾰκᾰ́τοισῐ / ἠλᾰκᾰ́τοισῐν / ἠλᾰκᾰ́τοις ēlakátoisi(n) / ēlakátois
Accusative	ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ ēlákata
Vocative	ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ ēlákata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἠλάκατα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠλάκατα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἠλάκατα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἠλάκατα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press