πτωτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) +‎ -τός (-tós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptɔː.tós/ → /ptoˈtos/ → /ptoˈtos/

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

Adjective

πτωτός • (ptōtós) m (feminine πτωτή, neuter πτωτόν); first/second declension

1. apt to fall, fallen

Inflection

First and second declension of πτωτός; πτωτή; πτωτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πτωτός ptōtós	πτωτή ptōtḗ	πτωτόν ptōtón		πτωτώ ptōtṓ	πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́	πτωτώ ptōtṓ		πτωτοί ptōtoí	πτωταί ptōtaí	πτωτᾰ́ ptōtá
Genitive		πτωτοῦ ptōtoû	πτωτῆς ptōtês	πτωτοῦ ptōtoû		πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn	πτωταῖν ptōtaîn	πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn		πτωτῶν ptōtôn	πτωτῶν ptōtôn	πτωτῶν ptōtôn
Dative		πτωτῷ ptōtôi	πτωτῇ ptōtêi	πτωτῷ ptōtôi		πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn	πτωταῖν ptōtaîn	πτωτοῖν ptōtoîn		πτωτοῖς ptōtoîs	πτωταῖς ptōtaîs	πτωτοῖς ptōtoîs
Accusative		πτωτόν ptōtón	πτωτήν ptōtḗn	πτωτόν ptōtón		πτωτώ ptōtṓ	πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́	πτωτώ ptōtṓ		πτωτούς ptōtoús	πτωτᾱ́ς ptōtā́s	πτωτᾰ́ ptōtá
Vocative		πτωτέ ptōté	πτωτή ptōtḗ	πτωτόν ptōtón		πτωτώ ptōtṓ	πτωτᾱ́ ptōtā́	πτωτώ ptōtṓ		πτωτοί ptōtoí	πτωταί ptōtaí	πτωτᾰ́ ptōtá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πτωτῶς ptōtôs				πτωτότερος ptōtóteros				πτωτότᾰτος ptōtótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πτωτῐκός (ptōtikós)

Further reading

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