ἰχθυοκένταυρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + κένταυρος (kéntauros, “monsters of double shape”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.o.kén.tau̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ikʰ.tʰy.oˈken.taw.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ix.θy.oˈcen.ta.βros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ix.θy.oˈcen.ta.vros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ix.θi.oˈcen.da.vros/
Noun
ἰχθῠοκένταυρος • (ikhthŭokéntauros) m or f (genitive ἰχθῠοκενταῦρου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ / ἡ ἰχθῠοκένταυρος ho / hē ikhthŭokéntauros |
τὼ ἰχθῠοκενταύρω tṑ ikhthŭokentaúrō |
οἱ / αἱ ἰχθῠοκένταυροι hoi / hai ikhthŭokéntauroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ / τῆς ἰχθῠοκενταύρου toû / tês ikhthŭokentaúrou |
τοῖν ἰχθῠοκενταύροιν toîn ikhthŭokentaúroin |
τῶν ἰχθῠοκενταύρων tôn ikhthŭokentaúrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ / τῇ ἰχθῠοκενταύρῳ tōî / tēî ikhthŭokentaúrōi |
τοῖν ἰχθῠοκενταύροιν toîn ikhthŭokentaúroin |
τοῖς / ταῖς ἰχθῠοκενταύροις toîs / taîs ikhthŭokentaúrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν / τὴν ἰχθῠοκένταυρον tòn / tḕn ikhthŭokéntauron |
τὼ ἰχθῠοκενταύρω tṑ ikhthŭokentaúrō |
τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς ἰχθῠοκενταύρους toùs / tā̀s ikhthŭokentaúrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἰχθῠοκένταυρε ikhthŭokéntaure |
ἰχθῠοκενταύρω ikhthŭokentaúrō |
ἰχθῠοκένταυροι ikhthŭokéntauroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ιχθυοκένταυρος (ichthyokéntavros)
- Latin: ichthyocentaurus
Further reading
- ἰχθυοκένταυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἰχθυοκένταυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press