πνικτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Verbal adjective, from πνῑ́γω (pnī́gō, “to choke, stifle”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pnik.tós/ → /pnikˈtos/ → /pnikˈtos/

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

Adjective

πνῐκτός • (pniktós) m (feminine πνῐκτή, neuter πνῐκτόν); first/second declension

1. strangled, choked
2. airtight, hermetic
3. baked or stewed

Inflection

First and second declension of πνῐκτός; πνῐκτή; πνῐκτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πνῐκτός pniktós	πνῐκτή pniktḗ	πνῐκτόν pniktón		πνῐκτώ pniktṓ	πνῐκτᾱ́ pniktā́	πνῐκτώ pniktṓ		πνῐκτοί pniktoí	πνῐκταί pniktaí	πνῐκτᾰ́ pniktá
Genitive		πνῐκτοῦ pniktoû	πνῐκτῆς pniktês	πνῐκτοῦ pniktoû		πνῐκτοῖν pniktoîn	πνῐκταῖν pniktaîn	πνῐκτοῖν pniktoîn		πνῐκτῶν pniktôn	πνῐκτῶν pniktôn	πνῐκτῶν pniktôn
Dative		πνῐκτῷ pniktôi	πνῐκτῇ pniktêi	πνῐκτῷ pniktôi		πνῐκτοῖν pniktoîn	πνῐκταῖν pniktaîn	πνῐκτοῖν pniktoîn		πνῐκτοῖς pniktoîs	πνῐκταῖς pniktaîs	πνῐκτοῖς pniktoîs
Accusative		πνῐκτόν pniktón	πνῐκτήν pniktḗn	πνῐκτόν pniktón		πνῐκτώ pniktṓ	πνῐκτᾱ́ pniktā́	πνῐκτώ pniktṓ		πνῐκτούς pniktoús	πνῐκτᾱ́ς pniktā́s	πνῐκτᾰ́ pniktá
Vocative		πνῐκτέ pnikté	πνῐκτή pniktḗ	πνῐκτόν pniktón		πνῐκτώ pniktṓ	πνῐκτᾱ́ pniktā́	πνῐκτώ pniktṓ		πνῐκτοί pniktoí	πνῐκταί pniktaí	πνῐκτᾰ́ pniktá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πνῐκτῶς pniktôs				πνῐκτότερος pniktóteros				πνῐκτότᾰτος pniktótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πνικτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πνικτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette