παλτόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of παλτός (paltós, “brandished, hurled”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pal.tón/ → /palˈton/ → /palˈton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pal.tón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /palˈton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /palˈton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /palˈton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /palˈton/

Noun

πᾰλτόν • (păltón) n (genitive πᾰλτοῦ); second declension

1. missile, dart
2. light spear used by the Persian cavalry
3. projectile discharged by a catapult

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πᾰλτόν; τοῦ πᾰλτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πᾰλτόν tò păltón	τὼ πᾰλτώ tṑ păltṓ	τᾰ̀ πᾰλτᾰ́ tằ păltắ
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰλτοῦ toû păltoû	τοῖν πᾰλτοῖν toîn păltoîn	τῶν πᾰλτῶν tôn păltôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰλτῷ tôi păltôi	τοῖν πᾰλτοῖν toîn păltoîn	τοῖς πᾰλτοῖς toîs păltoîs
Accusative	τὸ πᾰλτόν tò păltón	τὼ πᾰλτώ tṑ păltṓ	τᾰ̀ πᾰλτᾰ́ tằ păltắ
Vocative	πᾰλτόν păltón	πᾰλτώ păltṓ	πᾰλτᾰ́ păltắ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παλτόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παλτόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παλτόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette