Κριτίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kri.tí.aːs/ → /kriˈti.as/ → /kriˈti.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kri.tí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kriˈti.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kriˈti.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kriˈti.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kriˈti.as/

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Proper noun

Κρῐτῐ́ᾱς • (Krĭtĭ́ās) m (genitive Κρῐτῐ́ου); first declension

1. Critias
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 90

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Κριτίᾱς; τοῦ Κριτίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κριτίᾱς ho Kritíās
Genitive	τοῦ Κριτίου toû Kritíou
Dative	τῷ Κριτίᾳ tôi Kritíāi
Accusative	τὸν Κριτίᾱν tòn Kritíān
Vocative	Κριτίᾱ Kritíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κριτιάζω (Kritiázō)

Descendants

• Greek: Κριτίας (Kritías)
• Latin: Critias

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007