Γόρτυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γόρτῡν (Górtūn)
• Γορτῡ́νη (Gortū́nē)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡór.tyːs/ → /ˈɣor.tys/ → /ˈɣor.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡór.tyːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.tys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣor.tys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣor.tys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣor.tis/

Proper noun

Γόρτῡς • (Górtūs) f (genitive Γόρτῡνος); third declension

1. Gortyn (a city in Crete, Greece)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Γόρτῡς; τῆς Γόρτῡνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γόρτῡς hē Górtūs
Genitive	τῆς Γόρτῡνος tês Górtūnos
Dative	τῇ Γόρτῡνῐ têi Górtūni
Accusative	τὴν Γόρτῡνᾰ tḕn Górtūna
Vocative	Γόρτῡν Górtūn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γορτῡναίᾱ (Gortūnaíā)
• Γορτῡνῐ́ᾱ (Gortūníā)
• Γορτῡνῐάτης (Gortūniátēs)
• Γορτῡνῐκός (Gortūnikós)
• Γορτῡ́νῐος (Gortū́nios)
• Γορτῡνῐ́ς (Gortūnís)

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Γόρτυς (Górtys)
  • Γόρτυνα (Górtyna)
• Latin: Gortȳs

References

• “Γόρτυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Γόρτυς 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 1,011