κάκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A loan from Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κᾰ́κτος • (káktos) f or m (genitive κᾰ́κτου); second declension

  1. (feminine) the cardoon, Cynara cardunculus
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 6.4.10
    • 340 BCE – 285 BCE, Philitas, Collected Works 16
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 10.4
    • Antig., Mir. 8
    • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, Alex. 33
  2. (masculine) the artichoke (the fruit of the cardoon); also, the cardoon’s edible leaf-stalks
    • 540 BCE – 450 BCE, Epicharmus, Collected Works 159
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 6.4.10

Declension
Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́κτος; τοῦ, τῆς κᾰ́κτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́κτος
ho, hē káktos		 τὼ κᾰ́κτω
tṑ káktō		 οἱ, αἱ κᾰ́κτοι
hoi, hai káktoi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς κᾰ́κτου
toû, tês káktou		 τοῖν κᾰ́κτοιν
toîn káktoin		 τῶν κᾰ́κτων
tôn káktōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ κᾰ́κτῳ
tôi, têi káktōi		 τοῖν κᾰ́κτοιν
toîn káktoin		 τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰ́κτοις
toîs, taîs káktois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν κᾰ́κτον
tòn, tḕn kákton		 τὼ κᾰ́κτω
tṑ káktō		 τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́κτους
toùs, tā̀s káktous
Vocative κᾰ́κτε
kákte		 κᾰ́κτω
káktō		 κᾰ́κτοι
káktoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References
  1. 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

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos).

Noun

κάκτος • (káktos) m (plural κάκτοι)

  1. cactus

Declension
declension of κάκτος
singular plural
nominative κάκτος • κάκτοι •
genitive κάκτου • κάκτων •
accusative κάκτο • κάκτους •
vocative κάκτε • κάκτοι •
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