Ἀκταίων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀκτέων (Aktéōn) — verse

Etymology

Possibly derived from ἀκτίς or ἀκοντίζω, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.tǎi̯.ɔːn/ → /akˈtɛ.on/ → /akˈte.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.tǎi̯.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /akˈtɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /akˈtɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /akˈte.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /akˈte.on/

Proper noun

Ἀκταίων • (Aktaíōn) m (genitive Ἀκταίωνος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Actaeon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀκταίων; τοῦ Ἀκταίωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀκταίων ho Aktaíōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀκταίωνος toû Aktaíōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἀκταίωνῐ tôi Aktaíōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀκταίωνᾰ tòn Aktaíōna
Vocative	Ἀκταίων Aktaíōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ακταίων (Aktaíon), Ακταίωνας (Aktaíonas)
• → Latin: Actaeōn

Further reading

• Ἀκταίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999
• Alessandro Schiesaro, (2019) Nonnus’ Actaeon: Destiny in a Name
• “Ἀκταίων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011