αἰχμητής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἰχμᾱτᾱ́ς (aikhmātā́s) – Doric
Etymology
αἰχμή (aikhmḗ, “spear”) + -τής (-tḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯kʰ.mɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛkʰ.me̝ˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛx.miˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ex.miˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ex.miˈtis/
Noun
αἰχμητής • (aikhmētḗs) m (genitive αἰχμητοῦ); first declension
- (poetic) spearman, warrior
Declension
First declension of αἰχμητής; αἰχμητᾶο (Epic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | αἰχμητής aikhmētḗs | αἰχμητᾱ́ aikhmētā́ | αἰχμηταί aikhmētaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | αἰχμητᾶο / αἰχμητέ͜ω / αἰχμητῶ aikhmētâo / aikhmēté͜ō / aikhmētô | αἰχμηταῖν / αἰχμηταῖῐν / αἰχμητῇῐν aikhmētaî(i)n / aikhmētêiin | αἰχμητᾱ́ων / αἰχμητέ͜ων / αἰχμητῶν aikhmētā́ōn / aikhmēté͜ōn / aikhmētôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | αἰχμητῇ aikhmētêi | αἰχμηταῖν / αἰχμηταῖῐν / αἰχμητῇῐν aikhmētaî(i)n / aikhmētêiin | αἰχμητῇσῐ / αἰχμητῇσῐν / αἰχμητῇς / αἰχμηταῖς aikhmētêisi(n) / aikhmētêis / aikhmētaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | αἰχμητήν aikhmētḗn | αἰχμητᾱ́ aikhmētā́ | αἰχμητᾱ́ς aikhmētā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἰχμητᾰ́ aikhmētá | αἰχμητᾱ́ aikhmētā́ | αἰχμηταί aikhmētaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “αἰχμητής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰχμητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰχμητής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “αἰχμητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- fighter idem, page 318.
- soldier idem, page 792.
- spearman idem, page 799.
- warrior idem, page 964.