Γονατᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Either from Γόννοι (Gónnoi, “Gonnoi, a town in Thessaly”) or from γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), in reference to armour worn over the knee.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.na.tâːs/ → /ɣo.naˈtas/ → /ɣo.naˈtas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡo.na.tâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡo.naˈtas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣo.naˈtas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣo.naˈtas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣo.naˈtas/

Proper noun

Γονατᾶς • (Gonatâs) m (genitive Γονατᾶ); first declension

1. Antigonus II Gonatas

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Γονατᾶς; τοῦ Γονατᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γονατᾶς ho Gonatâs
Genitive	τοῦ Γονατᾶ toû Gonatâ
Dative	τῷ Γονατᾷ tôi Gonatâi
Accusative	τὸν Γονατᾶν tòn Gonatân
Vocative	Γονατᾶ Gonatâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Γονατάς (Gonatás)
• → Latin: Gonatās

Further reading

• Γονατᾶς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011