ἀκάνθινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “any thorny shrub”) + -ῐνος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kán.tʰi.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkan.tʰi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈkan.θi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈkan.θi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈkan.θi.nos/
Adjective
ἀκάνθῐνος • (akánthinos) m (feminine ἀκανθῐ́νη, neuter ἀκάνθῐνον); first/second declension
- thorny, prickly, of thorns
- of shittah wood
Inflection
First and second declension of ἀκάνθῐνος; ἀκανθῐ́νη; ἀκάνθῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀκάνθῐνος akánthinos | ἀκανθῐ́νη akanthínē | ἀκάνθῐνον akánthinon | ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthínō | ἀκανθῐ́νᾱ akanthínā | ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthínō | ἀκάνθῐνοι akánthinoi | ἀκάνθῐναι akánthinai | ἀκάνθῐνᾰ akánthina | |||||
Genitive | ἀκανθῐ́νου akanthínou | ἀκανθῐ́νης akanthínēs | ἀκανθῐ́νου akanthínou | ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthínoin | ἀκανθῐ́ναιν akanthínain | ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthínoin | ἀκανθῐ́νων akanthínōn | ἀκανθῐ́νων akanthínōn | ἀκανθῐ́νων akanthínōn | |||||
Dative | ἀκανθῐ́νῳ akanthínōi | ἀκανθῐ́νῃ akanthínēi | ἀκανθῐ́νῳ akanthínōi | ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthínoin | ἀκανθῐ́ναιν akanthínain | ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthínoin | ἀκανθῐ́νοις akanthínois | ἀκανθῐ́ναις akanthínais | ἀκανθῐ́νοις akanthínois | |||||
Accusative | ἀκάνθῐνον akánthinon | ἀκανθῐ́νην akanthínēn | ἀκάνθῐνον akánthinon | ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthínō | ἀκανθῐ́νᾱ akanthínā | ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthínō | ἀκανθῐ́νους akanthínous | ἀκανθῐ́νᾱς akanthínās | ἀκάνθῐνᾰ akánthina | |||||
Vocative | ἀκάνθῐνε akánthine | ἀκανθῐ́νη akanthínē | ἀκάνθῐνον akánthinon | ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthínō | ἀκανθῐ́νᾱ akanthínā | ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthínō | ἀκάνθῐνοι akánthinoi | ἀκάνθῐναι akánthinai | ἀκάνθῐνᾰ akánthina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀκανθῐ́νως akanthínōs | ἀκανθῐνώτερος akanthinṓteros | ἀκανθῐνώτᾰτος akanthinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀκάνθινος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκάνθινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκάνθινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)