Ἐπίκτητος

See also: ἐπίκτητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπίκτητος (epíktētos), from ἐπῐ- (epi-) +‎ κτάομαι (ktáomai) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pík.tɛː.tos/ → /eˈpik.ti.tos/ → /eˈpik.ti.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pík.tɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpik.te̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpik.ti.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpik.ti.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpik.ti.tos/

Proper noun

Ἐπίκτητος • (Epíktētos) m (genitive Ἐπικτήτου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Epictetus
2. in particular, the Stoic philosopher Epictetus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἐπῐ́κτητος; τοῦ Ἐπῐκτήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐπῐ́κτητος ho Epíktētos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐπῐκτήτου toû Epiktḗtou
Dative	τῷ Ἐπῐκτήτῳ tôi Epiktḗtōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἐπῐ́κτητον tòn Epíktēton
Vocative	Ἐπῐ́κτητε Epíktēte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Επίκτητος (Epíktitos)
• → Latin: Epictētus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009