ἀκήν

ἀκήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκᾶ (akâ) – Doric

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of barely attested ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”); possibly also related to ἦκα (êka, “softly, low”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kɛ̌ːn/ → /aˈcin/ → /aˈcin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈke̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈcin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈcin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈcin/

Adverb

ἀκήν • (akḗn)

1. silently

   Synonyms: σῑγῇ (sīgêi), σιωπῇ (siōpêi), σῖγα (sîga), ἀψοφητί (apsophētí)

Noun

ἀκήν • (akḗn)

1. accusative singular of ἀκή (akḗ, “point; silence; healing”)

Further reading

• “ἀκήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀκήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀκήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press