Ἄκτωρ

See also: ἄκτωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ák.tɔːr/ → /ˈak.tor/ → /ˈak.tor/

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

Proper noun

Ἄκτωρ • (Áktōr) m (genitive Ἄκτορος); third declension

1. Actor, an extremely common men's name in Greek mythology
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 555
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.513

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἄκτωρ; τοῦ Ἄκτορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἄκτωρ ho Áktōr
Genitive	τοῦ Ἄκτορος toû Áktoros
Dative	τῷ Ἄκτορῐ tôi Áktori
Accusative	τὸν Ἄκτορᾰ tòn Áktora
Vocative	Ἄκτορ? Áktor?
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άκτωρ (Áktor); Άκτορας (Áktoras)
• Latin: Actor

References

• “Ἄκτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἄκτωρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἄκτωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἄκτωρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999