πράκτωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō, “to practice, accomplish”) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr, “agent noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prǎːk.tɔːr/ → /ˈprak.tor/ → /ˈprak.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prǎːk.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈprak.tor/

Noun

πρᾱ́κτωρ • (prā́ktōr) m (genitive πρᾱ́κτορος); third declension

1. executor, avenger
2. exactor, tax official, tax collector

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πρᾱ́κτωρ; τοῦ πρᾱ́κτορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πρᾱ́κτωρ ho prā́ktōr	τὼ πρᾱ́κτορε tṑ prā́ktore	οἱ πρᾱ́κτορες hoi prā́ktores
Genitive	τοῦ πρᾱ́κτορος toû prā́ktoros	τοῖν πρᾱκτόροιν toîn prāktóroin	τῶν πρᾱκτόρων tôn prāktórōn
Dative	τῷ πρᾱ́κτορῐ tôi prā́ktori	τοῖν πρᾱκτόροιν toîn prāktóroin	τοῖς πρᾱ́κτορσῐ / πρᾱ́κτορσῐν toîs prā́ktorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πρᾱ́κτορᾰ tòn prā́ktora	τὼ πρᾱ́κτορε tṑ prā́ktore	τοὺς πρᾱ́κτορᾰς toùs prā́ktoras
Vocative	πρᾶκτορ prâktor	πρᾱ́κτορε prā́ktore	πρᾱ́κτορες prā́ktores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πράκτορας (práktoras)

Further reading

• πράκτωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πράκτωρ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πράκτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4233 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • author idem, page 53.
  • avenger idem, page 54.
  • collector idem, page 143.
  • exacter idem, page 286.
  • performer idem, page 607.
  • perpetrator idem, page 607.