ἀστακός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ὀστακός (ostakós)

Etymology

Often analyzed as a derivation of ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) but this is highly improbable. Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀστακός • (astakós) m (genitive ἀστακοῦ); second declension

  1. spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas)
  2. common lobster (Homarus gammarus)
  3. European crayfish (Astacus astacus)
  4. (anatomy) hollow of the ear

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀστακός; τοῦ ἀστακοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀστακός
ho astakós		 τὼ ἀστακώ
tṑ astakṓ		 οἱ ἀστακοί
hoi astakoí
Genitive τοῦ ἀστακοῦ
toû astakoû		 τοῖν ἀστακοῖν
toîn astakoîn		 τῶν ἀστακῶν
tôn astakôn
Dative τῷ ἀστακῷ
tôi astakôi		 τοῖν ἀστακοῖν
toîn astakoîn		 τοῖς ἀστακοῖς
toîs astakoîs
Accusative τὸν ἀστακόν
tòn astakón		 τὼ ἀστακώ
tṑ astakṓ		 τοὺς ἀστακούς
toùs astakoús
Vocative ἀστακέ
astaké		 ἀστακώ
astakṓ		 ἀστακοί
astakoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: astacus

Further reading
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