Κάστωρ

See also: κάστωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάστωρ (kástōr, “beaver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kás.tɔːr/ → /ˈkas.tor/ → /ˈkas.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kás.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tor/

Proper noun

Κᾰ́στωρ • (Kástōr) m (genitive Κᾰ́στορος); third declension

1. Castor
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 22.25
   • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 1240

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κᾰ́στωρ; τοῦ Κᾰ́στορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰ́στωρ ho Kástōr
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰ́στορος toû Kástoros
Dative	τῷ Κᾰ́στορῐ tôi Kástori
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰ́στορᾰ tòn Kástora
Vocative	Κᾰ́στορ Kástor
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Κάστωρ (Kástor)
  • Κάστορας (Kástoras)
• Latin: Castor

References

• “Κάστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κάστωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Κάστωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Κάστωρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005