ἕκτος

See also: εκτός, έκτος, and ἐκτός

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : ἕξ (héx)     Ordinal : ἕκτος (héktos)     Adverbial : ἑξάκις (hexákis)

Alternative forms

• ϝέκτος (wéktos)
• ἕκτω (héktō) — Aeolic

Etymology

From ἕξ (héx, “six”) +‎ -τος (-tos, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hék.tos/ → /ˈek.tos/ → /ˈek.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hék.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ek.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.tos/

Adjective

ἕκτος • (héktos) m (feminine ἕκτη, neuter ἕκτον); first/second declension

1. sixth
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.407

Declension

First and second declension of ἕκτος; ἕκτη; ἕκτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἕκτος héktos	ἕκτη héktē	ἕκτον hékton		ἕκτω héktō	ἕκτᾱ héktā	ἕκτω héktō		ἕκτοι héktoi	ἕκται héktai	ἕκτᾰ hékta
Genitive		ἕκτου héktou	ἕκτης héktēs	ἕκτου héktou		ἕκτοιν héktoin	ἕκταιν héktain	ἕκτοιν héktoin		ἕκτων héktōn	ἕκτων héktōn	ἕκτων héktōn
Dative		ἕκτῳ héktōi	ἕκτῃ héktēi	ἕκτῳ héktōi		ἕκτοιν héktoin	ἕκταιν héktain	ἕκτοιν héktoin		ἕκτοις héktois	ἕκταις héktais	ἕκτοις héktois
Accusative		ἕκτον hékton	ἕκτην héktēn	ἕκτον hékton		ἕκτω héktō	ἕκτᾱ héktā	ἕκτω héktō		ἕκτους héktous	ἕκτᾱς héktās	ἕκτᾰ hékta
Vocative		ἕκτε hékte	ἕκτη héktē	ἕκτον hékton		ἕκτω héktō	ἕκτᾱ héktā	ἕκτω héktō		ἕκτοι héktoi	ἕκται héktai	ἕκτᾰ hékta
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		—				—				ἑκτότᾰτος hektótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἑκτεύς (hekteús)

Further reading

• “ἕκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἕκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἕκτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἕκτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἕκτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕκτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἕκτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1623 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • sixth idem, page 780.