παλτόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of παλτός (paltós, “brandished, hurled”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pal.tón/ → /palˈton/ → /palˈton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pal.tón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /palˈton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /palˈton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /palˈton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /palˈton/

Noun

πᾰλτόν • (paltón) n (genitive πᾰλτοῦ); second declension

1. missile, dart
2. light spear used by the Persian cavalry
3. projectile discharged by a catapult

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πᾰλτόν; τοῦ πᾰλτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰλτόν tò paltón	τὼ πᾰλτώ tṑ paltṓ	τᾰ̀ πᾰλτᾰ́ tà paltá
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰλτοῦ toû paltoû	τοῖν πᾰλτοῖν toîn paltoîn	τῶν πᾰλτῶν tôn paltôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰλτῷ tôi paltôi	τοῖν πᾰλτοῖν toîn paltoîn	τοῖς πᾰλτοῖς toîs paltoîs
Accusative	τὸ πᾰλτόν tò paltón	τὼ πᾰλτώ tṑ paltṓ	τᾰ̀ πᾰλτᾰ́ tà paltá
Vocative	πᾰλτόν paltón	πᾰλτώ paltṓ	πᾰλτᾰ́ paltá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παλτόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παλτόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παλτόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette