εκατό (ekató)

English: one hundred

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderneuter
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About εκατό

As a noun, εκατό is of the neuter gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ε‧κα‧τό

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    hundred
  • noun:
    the telephone number (i.e. 100) used to call the police, (by extension) the police
    Examples:
    • Το εκατό ήρθε αμέσως και τον έδιωξε.To ekató írthe amésos kai ton édioxe.
    • The police came immediately and drove them away.

Declension Table

neuter noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeεκατόεκατό
genitiveεκατόεκατό
accusativeεκατόεκατό
vocativeεκατόεκατό

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how εκατό appears in different grammatical contexts.

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