λοξότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λοξός (loxós) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lok.só.tɛːs/ → /lokˈso.tis/ → /lokˈso.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lok.só.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lokˈso.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lokˈso.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lokˈso.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lokˈso.tis/

Noun

λοξότης • (loxótēs) f (genitive λοξότητος); third declension

1. obliquity
2. ambiguity

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λοξότης; τῆς λοξότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λοξότης hē loxótēs	τὼ λοξότητε tṑ loxótēte	αἱ λοξότητες hai loxótētes
Genitive	τῆς λοξότητος tês loxótētos	τοῖν λοξοτήτοιν toîn loxotḗtoin	τῶν λοξοτήτων tôn loxotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ λοξότητῐ têi loxótēti	τοῖν λοξοτήτοιν toîn loxotḗtoin	ταῖς λοξότησῐ / λοξότησῐν taîs loxótēsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λοξότητᾰ tḕn loxótēta	τὼ λοξότητε tṑ loxótēte	τᾱ̀ς λοξότητᾰς tā̀s loxótētas
Vocative	λοξότης loxótēs	λοξότητε loxótēte	λοξότητες loxótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

• Greek: λοξότητα (loxótita)

References

• “λοξότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λοξότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Franco Montanari et al. (2015) Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, editors, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1253