άτρακτος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄτρακτος (átraktos)

Noun

άτρακτος • (átraktos) f (plural άτρακτοι)

1. spindle, bobbin, reel
2. winding drum
3. (nautical) anchor shank
4. (aeronautical) fuselage
5. (geography) longitudinal sector ${\tfrac {1}{24}}$th of the Earth's surface
   1. (loosely) time zone

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	άτρακτος (átraktos)	άτρακτοι (átraktoi)
genitive	ατράκτου (atráktou)	ατράκτων (atrákton)
accusative	άτρακτο (átrakto)	ατράκτους (atráktous)
vocative	άτρακτε (átrakte) άτρακτο (átrakto)	άτρακτοι (átraktoi)

Further reading

• “άτρακτος”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language