ἠλακάτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἠλεκᾰ́τη (ēlekắtē) — epigraphical
• ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ (ēlăkắtā) — Doric
• ᾱ̓λᾰκᾰ́τᾱ (ālăkắtā) — Aeolic

Etymology

Unknown. Solmsen assumed an Anatolian origin, but it is probably just Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.la.ká.tɛː/ → /i.laˈka.ti/ → /i.laˈka.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.la.ká.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.laˈka.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈka.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈka.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.laˈka.ti/

Noun

ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη • (ēlăkắtē) f (genitive ἠλᾰκᾰ́της); first declension

1. distaff, spindle

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη; τῆς ἠλᾰκᾰ́της (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη hē ēlăkắtē	τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ tṑ ēlăkắtā	αἱ ἠλᾰκᾰ́ται hai ēlăkắtai
Genitive	τῆς ἠλᾰκᾰ́της tês ēlăkắtēs	τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰ́ταιν toîn ēlăkắtain	τῶν ἠλᾰκᾰτῶν tôn ēlăkătôn
Dative	τῇ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τῃ têi ēlăkắtēi	τοῖν ἠλᾰκᾰ́ταιν toîn ēlăkắtain	ταῖς ἠλᾰκᾰ́ταις taîs ēlăkắtais
Accusative	τὴν ἠλᾰκᾰ́την tḕn ēlăkắtēn	τὼ ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ tṑ ēlăkắtā	τᾱ̀ς ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱς tā̀s ēlăkắtās
Vocative	ἠλᾰκᾰ́τη ēlăkắtē	ἠλᾰκᾰ́τᾱ ēlăkắtā	ἠλᾰκᾰ́ται ēlăkắtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓νᾱλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ (ănālắkătă)
• ᾰ̓νηλᾰ́κᾰτος (ănēlắkătos)
• δῐοσηλᾰκᾰ́τη (dĭosēlăkắtē)
• δῠσηλᾰ́κᾰτος (dŭsēlắkătos)
• εὐηλᾰ́κᾰτος (euēlắkătos)
• ἠλᾰ́κᾰτᾰ (ēlắkătă)
• Ἠλᾰκᾰ́τειᾰ (Ēlăkắteiă)
• ἠλᾰκᾰτήν (ēlăkătḗn)
• πολῠηλᾰ́κᾰτος (polŭēlắkătos)
• στρεψηλᾰ́κᾰτος (strepsēlắkătos)
• φῐληλᾰ́κᾰτος (phĭlēlắkătos)
• χρῡσηλᾰ́κᾰτος (khrūsēlắkătos)

Descendants

• Greek: ηλακάτη (ilakáti)
• Latin: ēlacatae

Further reading

• “ἠλᾰκάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠλακάτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἠλακάτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN