καρτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Zero grade verbal adjective of κείρω (keírō, “to shear, shave”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kar.tós/ → /karˈtos/ → /karˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kar.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/

Adjective

κᾰρτός • (kartós) m (feminine κᾰρτή, neuter κᾰρτόν); first/second declension

1. shorn smooth (of clothes)
2. chopped, sliced (of leek)

Inflection

First and second declension of κᾰρτός; κᾰρτή; κᾰρτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰρτός kartós	κᾰρτή kartḗ	κᾰρτόν kartón		κᾰρτώ kartṓ	κᾰρτᾱ́ kartā́	κᾰρτώ kartṓ		κᾰρτοί kartoí	κᾰρταί kartaí	κᾰρτᾰ́ kartá
Genitive		κᾰρτοῦ kartoû	κᾰρτῆς kartês	κᾰρτοῦ kartoû		κᾰρτοῖν kartoîn	κᾰρταῖν kartaîn	κᾰρτοῖν kartoîn		κᾰρτῶν kartôn	κᾰρτῶν kartôn	κᾰρτῶν kartôn
Dative		κᾰρτῷ kartôi	κᾰρτῇ kartêi	κᾰρτῷ kartôi		κᾰρτοῖν kartoîn	κᾰρταῖν kartaîn	κᾰρτοῖν kartoîn		κᾰρτοῖς kartoîs	κᾰρταῖς kartaîs	κᾰρτοῖς kartoîs
Accusative		κᾰρτόν kartón	κᾰρτήν kartḗn	κᾰρτόν kartón		κᾰρτώ kartṓ	κᾰρτᾱ́ kartā́	κᾰρτώ kartṓ		κᾰρτούς kartoús	κᾰρτᾱ́ς kartā́s	κᾰρτᾰ́ kartá
Vocative		κᾰρτέ karté	κᾰρτή kartḗ	κᾰρτόν kartón		κᾰρτώ kartṓ	κᾰρτᾱ́ kartā́	κᾰρτώ kartṓ		κᾰρτοί kartoí	κᾰρταί kartaí	κᾰρτᾰ́ kartá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κᾰρτῶς kartôs				κᾰρτότερος kartóteros				κᾰρτότᾰτος kartótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καρτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καρτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN