ἀκίς
See also: -άκης and -άκις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈcis/
Noun
ἀκίς • (akís) f (genitive ἀκίδος); third declension
- pointed object
- barb of an arrow or hook
- arrow, dart
- (metaphorical) stings (of desire)
- (in plural) sharp, acute pains
- surgical bandage
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀκῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀκῐ́ς hē akís | τὼ ἀκῐ́δε tṑ akíde | αἱ ἀκῐ́δες hai akídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀκῐ́δος tês akídos | τοῖν ἀκῐ́δοιν toîn akídoin | τῶν ἀκῐ́δων tôn akídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀκῐ́δῐ têi akídi | τοῖν ἀκῐ́δοιν toîn akídoin | ταῖς ἀκῐ́σῐ / ἀκῐ́σῐν taîs akísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀκῐ́δᾰ tḕn akída | τὼ ἀκῐ́δε tṑ akíde | τᾱ̀ς ἀκῐ́δᾰς tā̀s akídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀκῐ́ς akís | ἀκῐ́δε akíde | ἀκῐ́δες akídes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- barb idem, page 62.