ὀκτάκνημος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) +‎ κνήμη (knḗmē, “shin; spoke”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.tá.knɛː.mos/ → /okˈta.kni.mos/ → /okˈta.kni.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.tá.knɛː.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /okˈta.kne̝.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /okˈta.kni.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /okˈta.kni.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /okˈta.kni.mos/

Adjective

ὀκτᾰ́κνημος • (oktáknēmos) m or f (neuter ὀκτᾰ́κνημον); second declension

1. with eight spokes (of a wheel)

Declension

Second declension of ὀκτᾰ́κνημος; ὀκτᾰ́κνημον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀκτᾰ́κνημος oktáknēmos	ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktáknēmon		ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktaknḗmō	ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktaknḗmō		ὀκτᾰ́κνημοι oktáknēmoi	ὀκτᾰ́κνημᾰ oktáknēma
Genitive		ὀκτᾰκνήμου oktaknḗmou	ὀκτᾰκνήμου oktaknḗmou		ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktaknḗmoin	ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktaknḗmoin		ὀκτᾰκνήμων oktaknḗmōn	ὀκτᾰκνήμων oktaknḗmōn
Dative		ὀκτᾰκνήμῳ oktaknḗmōi	ὀκτᾰκνήμῳ oktaknḗmōi		ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktaknḗmoin	ὀκτᾰκνήμοιν oktaknḗmoin		ὀκτᾰκνήμοις oktaknḗmois	ὀκτᾰκνήμοις oktaknḗmois
Accusative		ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktáknēmon	ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktáknēmon		ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktaknḗmō	ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktaknḗmō		ὀκτᾰκνήμους oktaknḗmous	ὀκτᾰ́κνημᾰ oktáknēma
Vocative		ὀκτᾰ́κνημε oktáknēme	ὀκτᾰ́κνημον oktáknēmon		ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktaknḗmō	ὀκτᾰκνήμω oktaknḗmō		ὀκτᾰ́κνημοι oktáknēmoi	ὀκτᾰ́κνημᾰ oktáknēma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀκτᾰκνήμως oktaknḗmōs			ὀκτᾰκνημότερος oktaknēmóteros			ὀκτᾰκνημότᾰτος oktaknēmótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀκτάκνημος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀκτάκνημος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀκτάκνημος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette