σάκτας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάττω (sáttō, “to pack, stuff”). Not related to σάκκος (sákkos, “sack; sackcloth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sák.taːs/ → /ˈsak.tas/ → /ˈsak.tas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sák.taːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.tas/

Noun

σᾰ́κτᾱς • (sắktās) m (genitive σᾰ́κτου); first declension

1. sack

   Synonym: σάκκος (sákkos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ σᾰ́κτᾱς; τοῦ σᾰ́κτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́κτᾱς ho sắktās	τὼ σᾰ́κτᾱ tṑ sắktā	οἱ σᾰ́κται hoi sắktai
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́κτου toû sắktou	τοῖν σᾰ́κταιν toîn sắktain	τῶν σᾰκτῶν tôn săktôn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́κτᾳ tôi sắktāi	τοῖν σᾰ́κταιν toîn sắktain	τοῖς σᾰ́κταις toîs sắktais
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́κτᾱν tòn sắktān	τὼ σᾰ́κτᾱ tṑ sắktā	τοὺς σᾰ́κτᾱς toùs sắktās
Vocative	σᾰ́κτᾱ sắktā	σᾰ́κτᾱ sắktā	σᾰ́κται sắktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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