φρυκτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰryk.tós/ → /ɸrykˈtos/ → /frikˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰryk.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰrykˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸrykˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /frykˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /frikˈtos/

Adjective

φρῠκτός • (phruktós) m (feminine φρῠκτή, neuter φρῠκτόν); first/second declension

1. roasted

Declension

First and second declension of φρῠκτός; φρῠκτή; φρῠκτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φρῠκτός phruktós	φρῠκτή phruktḗ	φρῠκτόν phruktón		φρῠκτώ phruktṓ	φρῠκτᾱ́ phruktā́	φρῠκτώ phruktṓ		φρῠκτοί phruktoí	φρῠκταί phruktaí	φρῠκτᾰ́ phruktá
Genitive		φρῠκτοῦ phruktoû	φρῠκτῆς phruktês	φρῠκτοῦ phruktoû		φρῠκτοῖν phruktoîn	φρῠκταῖν phruktaîn	φρῠκτοῖν phruktoîn		φρῠκτῶν phruktôn	φρῠκτῶν phruktôn	φρῠκτῶν phruktôn
Dative		φρῠκτῷ phruktôi	φρῠκτῇ phruktêi	φρῠκτῷ phruktôi		φρῠκτοῖν phruktoîn	φρῠκταῖν phruktaîn	φρῠκτοῖν phruktoîn		φρῠκτοῖς phruktoîs	φρῠκταῖς phruktaîs	φρῠκτοῖς phruktoîs
Accusative		φρῠκτόν phruktón	φρῠκτήν phruktḗn	φρῠκτόν phruktón		φρῠκτώ phruktṓ	φρῠκτᾱ́ phruktā́	φρῠκτώ phruktṓ		φρῠκτούς phruktoús	φρῠκτᾱ́ς phruktā́s	φρῠκτᾰ́ phruktá
Vocative		φρῠκτέ phrukté	φρῠκτή phruktḗ	φρῠκτόν phruktón		φρῠκτώ phruktṓ	φρῠκτᾱ́ phruktā́	φρῠκτώ phruktṓ		φρῠκτοί phruktoí	φρῠκταί phruktaí	φρῠκτᾰ́ phruktá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φρῠκτῶς phruktôs				φρῠκτότερος phruktóteros				φρῠκτότᾰτος phruktótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

φρῠκτός • (phruktós) m (genitive φρῠκτοῦ); second declension

1. firebrand, torch

   Synonyms: γρᾰ́βῐον (grábion), γρῡνός (grūnós), δᾰΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λᾰμπᾰ́ς (lampás), λοφνῐ́ς (lophnís), πᾱνός (pānós), πῠρσός (pursós), φᾰνή (phanḗ)

2. beacon, signal-fire

   Synonym: πῠρσός (pursós)

3. roasted bean used as a lot for voting

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φρῠκτός; τοῦ φρῠκτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φρῠκτός ho phruktós	τὼ φρῠκτώ tṑ phruktṓ	οἱ φρῠκτοί hoi phruktoí
Genitive	τοῦ φρῠκτοῦ toû phruktoû	τοῖν φρῠκτοῖν toîn phruktoîn	τῶν φρῠκτῶν tôn phruktôn
Dative	τῷ φρῠκτῷ tôi phruktôi	τοῖν φρῠκτοῖν toîn phruktoîn	τοῖς φρῠκτοῖς toîs phruktoîs
Accusative	τὸν φρῠκτόν tòn phruktón	τὼ φρῠκτώ tṑ phruktṓ	τοὺς φρῠκτούς toùs phruktoús
Vocative	φρῠκτέ phrukté	φρῠκτώ phruktṓ	φρῠκτοί phruktoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φρῠκτή (phruktḗ)
• φρῠκτοί (phruktoí)
• φρῠκτωρός (phruktōrós)

 

Further reading

• “φρυκτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φρυκτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φρυκτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette