τετανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τείνω (teínō, “I stretch, I pull tight”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /te.ta.nós/ → /te.taˈnos/ → /te.taˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.ta.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.taˈnos/

Adjective

τετᾰνός • (tetănós) m (feminine τετᾰνή, neuter τετᾰνόν); first/second declension

1. Stretched, rigid; straightened, smooth.
   1. Synonym of τετανόθριξ (tetanóthrix).

Inflection

First and second declension of τετᾰνός; τετᾰνή; τετᾰνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τετᾰνός tetănós	τετᾰνή tetănḗ	τετᾰνόν tetănón		τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνᾱ́ tetănā́	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ		τετᾰνοί tetănoí	τετᾰναί tetănaí	τετᾰνᾰ́ tetănắ
Genitive		τετᾰνοῦ tetănoû	τετᾰνῆς tetănês	τετᾰνοῦ tetănoû		τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn	τετᾰναῖν tetănaîn	τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn		τετᾰνῶν tetănôn	τετᾰνῶν tetănôn	τετᾰνῶν tetănôn
Dative		τετᾰνῷ tetănôi	τετᾰνῇ tetănêi	τετᾰνῷ tetănôi		τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn	τετᾰναῖν tetănaîn	τετᾰνοῖν tetănoîn		τετᾰνοῖς tetănoîs	τετᾰναῖς tetănaîs	τετᾰνοῖς tetănoîs
Accusative		τετᾰνόν tetănón	τετᾰνήν tetănḗn	τετᾰνόν tetănón		τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνᾱ́ tetănā́	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ		τετᾰνούς tetănoús	τετᾰνᾱ́ς tetănā́s	τετᾰνᾰ́ tetănắ
Vocative		τετᾰνέ tetăné	τετᾰνή tetănḗ	τετᾰνόν tetănón		τετᾰνώ tetănṓ	τετᾰνᾱ́ tetănā́	τετᾰνώ tetănṓ		τετᾰνοί tetănoí	τετᾰναί tetănaí	τετᾰνᾰ́ tetănắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τετᾰνῶς tetănôs				τετᾰνώτερος tetănṓteros				τετᾰνώτᾰτος tetănṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τέτανος (tétanos, noun)

References

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