πάκτων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πακτός (paktós), variant of πηκτός (pēktós, “compacted”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pák.tɔːn/ → /ˈpak.ton/ → /ˈpak.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pák.tɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpak.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpak.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpak.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpak.ton/

Noun

πάκτων • (páktōn) m (genitive πάκτωνος); third declension

1. light boat of wickerwork, used on the Nile

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πάκτων; τοῦ πάκτωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πάκτων ho páktōn	τὼ πάκτωνε tṑ páktōne	οἱ πάκτωνες hoi páktōnes
Genitive	τοῦ πάκτωνος toû páktōnos	τοῖν πακτώνοιν toîn paktṓnoin	τῶν πακτώνων tôn paktṓnōn
Dative	τῷ πάκτωνῐ tôi páktōni	τοῖν πακτώνοιν toîn paktṓnoin	τοῖς πάκτωσῐ / πάκτωσῐν toîs páktōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πάκτωνᾰ tòn páktōna	τὼ πάκτωνε tṑ páktōne	τοὺς πάκτωνᾰς toùs páktōnas
Vocative	πάκτων páktōn	πάκτωνε páktōne	πάκτωνες páktōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πακτωνίτης (paktōnítēs)
• πακτωνοποιός (paktōnopoiós)

 

Further reading

• “πάκτων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πάκτων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette