πηκτίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • πᾶκτις (pâktis) — Aeolic
  • πᾱκτίς (pāktís) — Doric

Etymology

From πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to fix, to stick”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πηκτίς • (pēktís) f (genitive πηκτίδος); third declension

  1. stringed instrument used by the Lydians
  2. shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pan
  3. (in the plural) cage or net for catching birds
  4. carving knife

Declension
Third declension of ἡ πηκτῐ́ς; τῆς πηκτῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πηκτῐ́ς
hē pēktís		 τὼ πηκτῐ́δε
tṑ pēktíde		 αἱ πηκτῐ́δες
hai pēktídes
Genitive τῆς πηκτῐ́δος
tês pēktídos		 τοῖν πηκτῐ́δοιν
toîn pēktídoin		 τῶν πηκτῐ́δων
tôn pēktídōn
Dative τῇ πηκτῐ́δῐ
têi pēktídi		 τοῖν πηκτῐ́δοιν
toîn pēktídoin		 ταῖς πηκτῐ́σῐ / πηκτῐ́σῐν
taîs pēktísi(n)
Accusative τὴν πηκτῐ́δᾰ
tḕn pēktída		 τὼ πηκτῐ́δε
tṑ pēktíde		 τᾱ̀ς πηκτῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s pēktídas
Vocative πηκτῐ́ς
pēktís		 πηκτῐ́δε
pēktíde		 πηκτῐ́δες
pēktídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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