Βάκτριος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βακτριανός (Baktrianós)

Etymology

From Βακτρίᾱ (Baktríā, “Bactria”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bák.tri.os/ → /ˈβak.tri.os/ → /ˈvak.tri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bák.tri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.tri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβak.tri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvak.tri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvak.tri.os/

Noun

Βάκτριος • (Báktrios) m (genitive Βακτρίου); second declension

1. an inhabitant of Bactria; a Bactrian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Βάκτριος; τοῦ Βακτρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βάκτριος ho Báktrios	τὼ Βακτρίω tṑ Baktríō	οἱ Βάκτριοι hoi Báktrioi
Genitive	τοῦ Βακτρίου toû Baktríou	τοῖν Βακτρίοιν toîn Baktríoin	τῶν Βακτρίων tôn Baktríōn
Dative	τῷ Βακτρίῳ tôi Baktríōi	τοῖν Βακτρίοιν toîn Baktríoin	τοῖς Βακτρίοις toîs Baktríois
Accusative	τὸν Βάκτριον tòn Báktrion	τὼ Βακτρίω tṑ Baktríō	τοὺς Βακτρίους toùs Baktríous
Vocative	Βάκτριε Báktrie	Βακτρίω Baktríō	Βάκτριοι Báktrioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βάκτριος (Váktrios)

References

• Βάκτριος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003