ἐκτομεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “cut out”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, “A suffix added to verbal stems to form a masculine agent noun”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.to.měu̯s/ → /ek.toˈmeɸs/ → /ek.toˈmefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.to.měu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.toˈmefs/

Noun

ἐκτομεύς • (ektomeús) m (genitive ἐκτομέως); third declension

1. one that cuts out
2. a circumciser

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἐκτομεύς; τοῦ ἐκτομέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐκτομεύς ho ektomeús	τὼ ἐκτομῆ tṑ ektomê	οἱ ἐκτομῆς / ἐκτομεῖς hoi ektomês / ektomeîs
Genitive	τοῦ ἐκτομέως toû ektoméōs	τοῖν ἐκτομέοιν toîn ektoméoin	τῶν ἐκτομέων tôn ektoméōn
Dative	τῷ ἐκτομεῖ tôi ektomeî	τοῖν ἐκτομέοιν toîn ektoméoin	τοῖς ἐκτομεῦσῐ / ἐκτομεῦσῐν toîs ektomeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐκτομέᾱ tòn ektoméā	τὼ ἐκτομῆ tṑ ektomê	τοὺς ἐκτομέᾱς toùs ektoméās
Vocative	ἐκτομεῦ ektomeû	ἐκτομῆ ektomê	ἐκτομῆς / ἐκτομεῖς ektomês / ektomeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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