καρτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Zero grade verbal adjective of κείρω (keírō, “to shear, shave”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kar.tós/ → /karˈtos/ → /karˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kar.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /karˈtos/

Adjective

κᾰρτός • (kărtós) m (feminine κᾰρτή, neuter κᾰρτόν); first/second declension

1. shorn smooth (of clothes)
2. chopped, sliced (of leek)

Inflection

First and second declension of κᾰρτός; κᾰρτή; κᾰρτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰρτός kărtós	κᾰρτή kărtḗ	κᾰρτόν kărtón		κᾰρτώ kărtṓ	κᾰρτᾱ́ kărtā́	κᾰρτώ kărtṓ		κᾰρτοί kărtoí	κᾰρταί kărtaí	κᾰρτᾰ́ kărtắ
Genitive		κᾰρτοῦ kărtoû	κᾰρτῆς kărtês	κᾰρτοῦ kărtoû		κᾰρτοῖν kărtoîn	κᾰρταῖν kărtaîn	κᾰρτοῖν kărtoîn		κᾰρτῶν kărtôn	κᾰρτῶν kărtôn	κᾰρτῶν kărtôn
Dative		κᾰρτῷ kărtôi	κᾰρτῇ kărtêi	κᾰρτῷ kărtôi		κᾰρτοῖν kărtoîn	κᾰρταῖν kărtaîn	κᾰρτοῖν kărtoîn		κᾰρτοῖς kărtoîs	κᾰρταῖς kărtaîs	κᾰρτοῖς kărtoîs
Accusative		κᾰρτόν kărtón	κᾰρτήν kărtḗn	κᾰρτόν kărtón		κᾰρτώ kărtṓ	κᾰρτᾱ́ kărtā́	κᾰρτώ kărtṓ		κᾰρτούς kărtoús	κᾰρτᾱ́ς kărtā́s	κᾰρτᾰ́ kărtắ
Vocative		κᾰρτέ kărté	κᾰρτή kărtḗ	κᾰρτόν kărtón		κᾰρτώ kărtṓ	κᾰρτᾱ́ kărtā́	κᾰρτώ kărtṓ		κᾰρτοί kărtoí	κᾰρταί kărtaí	κᾰρτᾰ́ kărtắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κᾰρτῶς kărtôs				κᾰρτότερος kărtóteros				κᾰρτότᾰτος kărtótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καρτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καρτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN