λάκτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Back-formation from λακτίζω (laktízō, “to trample, tread”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lák.tis/ → /ˈlak.tis/ → /ˈlak.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lák.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlak.tis/

Noun

λᾰ́κτῐς • (láktis) f (genitive λᾰ́κτῐος); third declension

1. pestle

   Synonyms: ἄκμων (ákmōn), ἀλετρίβανος (aletríbanos), δοῖδυξ (doîdux), κόπανον (kópanon), ναγεύς (nageús), ὕπερος (húperos)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰ́κτῐς; τῆς λᾰ́κτῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰ́κτῐς hē láktis	τὼ λᾰ́κτῐε tṑ láktie	αἱ λᾰ́κτῐες hai lákties
Genitive	τῆς λᾰ́κτῐος tês láktios	τοῖν λᾰκτῐ́οιν toîn laktíoin	τῶν λᾰκτῐ́ων tôn laktíōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰ́κτῑ têi láktī	τοῖν λᾰκτῐ́οιν toîn laktíoin	ταῖς λᾰ́κτῐσῐ / λᾰ́κτῐσῐν taîs láktisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰ́κτῐν tḕn láktin	τὼ λᾰ́κτῐε tṑ láktie	τᾱ̀ς λᾰ́κτῑς / λᾰ́κτῐᾰς tā̀s láktīs / láktias
Vocative	λᾰ́κτῐ lákti	λᾰ́κτῐε láktie	λᾰ́κτῐες lákties
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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