ἀκανθίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄκᾰνθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kan.tʰí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kanˈtʰi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/
Noun
ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (akanthíās) m (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension
- spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
- kind of grasshopper
- asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
- Synonym: ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος (aspháragos)
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς ho akanthíās | τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akanthíā | οἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι hoi akanthíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου toû akanthíou | τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν toîn akanthíain | τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐῶν tôn akanthiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾳ tôi akanthíāi | ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν akanthíain | τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́αις toîs akanthíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱν tòn akanthíān | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ akanthíā | τοὺς ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς toùs akanthíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ akanthíā | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ akanthíā | ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι akanthíai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀκανθίας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκανθίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκανθίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)