Βακτριανός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βάκτριος (Báktrios)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bactriānus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bak.tri.aː.nós/ → /βak.tri.aˈnos/ → /vak.tri.aˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bak.tri.aː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bak.tri.aˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βak.tri.aˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vak.tri.aˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vak.tri.aˈnos/

Adjective

Βακτρ̆ιᾱνός • (Baktriānós) m (feminine Βακτριᾱνή, neuter Βακτριᾱνόν); first/second declension

1. Bactrian
2. (nominalized, masculine) an inhabitant of Bactria; a Bactrian

Inflection

First and second declension of Βᾰκτρῐᾱνός; Βᾰκτρῐᾱνή; Βᾰκτρῐᾱνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνός Baktriānós	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνή Baktriānḗ	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνόν Baktriānón		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνώ Baktriānṓ	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνᾱ́ Baktriānā́	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνώ Baktriānṓ		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοί Baktriānoí	Βᾰκτρῐᾱναί Baktriānaí	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνᾰ́ Baktriāná
Genitive		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῦ Baktriānoû	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνῆς Baktriānês	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῦ Baktriānoû		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn	Βᾰκτρῐᾱναῖν Baktriānaîn	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνῶν Baktriānôn	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνῶν Baktriānôn	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνῶν Baktriānôn
Dative		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνῷ Baktriānôi	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνῇ Baktriānêi	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνῷ Baktriānôi		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn	Βᾰκτρῐᾱναῖν Baktriānaîn	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῖν Baktriānoîn		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῖς Baktriānoîs	Βᾰκτρῐᾱναῖς Baktriānaîs	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοῖς Baktriānoîs
Accusative		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνόν Baktriānón	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνήν Baktriānḗn	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνόν Baktriānón		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνώ Baktriānṓ	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνᾱ́ Baktriānā́	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνώ Baktriānṓ		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνούς Baktriānoús	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνᾱ́ς Baktriānā́s	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνᾰ́ Baktriāná
Vocative		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνέ Baktriāné	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνή Baktriānḗ	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνόν Baktriānón		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνώ Baktriānṓ	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνᾱ́ Baktriānā́	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνώ Baktriānṓ		Βᾰκτρῐᾱνοί Baktriānoí	Βᾰκτρῐᾱναί Baktriānaí	Βᾰκτρῐᾱνᾰ́ Baktriāná
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βακτριᾱνὸς κάμηλος (Baktriānòs kámēlos)

Descendants

• Greek: Βακτριανός (Vaktrianós)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• “Βακτριανός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011