θωρηκτής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θώρηξ (thṓrēx), Epic form of θώρᾱξ (thṓrāx, “cuirass, breastplate”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔː.rɛːk.tɛ̌ːs/ → /θo.rikˈtis/ → /θo.rikˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɔː.rɛːk.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰo.re̝kˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θo.rikˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θo.rikˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θo.rikˈtis/

Adjective

θωρηκτής • (thōrēktḗs) (masculine only)

1. (Epic) equipped with a cuirass or breastplate
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.317
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.689
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.739
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.277
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.429

Declension

First declension of θωρηκτής; θωρηκτᾶο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	θωρηκτής thōrēktḗs	θωρηκτᾱ́ thōrēktā́	θωρηκταί thōrēktaí
Genitive	θωρηκτᾶο / θωρηκτέ͜ω / θωρηκτῶ thōrēktâo / thōrēkté͜ō / thōrēktô	θωρηκταῖν / θωρηκταῖῐν / θωρηκτῇῐν thōrēktaî(i)n / thōrēktêiin	θωρηκτᾱ́ων / θωρηκτέ͜ων / θωρηκτῶν thōrēktā́ōn / thōrēkté͜ōn / thōrēktôn
Dative	θωρηκτῇ thōrēktêi	θωρηκταῖν / θωρηκταῖῐν / θωρηκτῇῐν thōrēktaî(i)n / thōrēktêiin	θωρηκτῇσῐ / θωρηκτῇσῐν / θωρηκτῇς / θωρηκταῖς thōrēktêisi(n) / thōrēktêis / thōrēktaîs
Accusative	θωρηκτήν thōrēktḗn	θωρηκτᾱ́ thōrēktā́	θωρηκτᾱ́ς thōrēktā́s
Vocative	θωρηκτᾰ́ thōrēktá	θωρηκτᾱ́ thōrēktā́	θωρηκταί thōrēktaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “θωρηκτής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θωρηκτής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θωρηκτής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θωρηκτής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “θωρηκτής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press