καχέκτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰκός (kăkós) +‎ ἕξῐς (héxĭs) +‎ -της (-tēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.kʰék.tɛːs/ → /kaˈçek.tis/ → /kaˈçek.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.kʰék.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈkʰek.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈçek.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈçek.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈçek.tis/

Adjective

κᾰχέκτης • (kăkhéktēs) m (genitive κᾰχέκτου)

1. in a bad habit of body
2. (figuratively, in a political sense) disaffected

Declension

First declension of ὁ κᾰχέκτης; τοῦ κᾰχέκτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰχέκτης ho kăkhéktēs	τὼ κᾰχέκτᾱ tṑ kăkhéktā	οἱ κᾰχέκται hoi kăkhéktai
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰχέκτου toû kăkhéktou	τοῖν κᾰχέκταιν toîn kăkhéktain	τῶν κᾰχεκτῶν tôn kăkhektôn
Dative	τῷ κᾰχέκτῃ tôi kăkhéktēi	τοῖν κᾰχέκταιν toîn kăkhéktain	τοῖς κᾰχέκταις toîs kăkhéktais
Accusative	τὸν κᾰχέκτην tòn kăkhéktēn	τὼ κᾰχέκτᾱ tṑ kăkhéktā	τοὺς κᾰχέκτᾱς toùs kăkhéktās
Vocative	κᾰχέκτᾰ kăkhéktă	κᾰχέκτᾱ kăkhéktā	κᾰχέκται kăkhéktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: cachecta

References

• “καχέκτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press