ἀκανθίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn; thorny bush”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kan.tʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kanˈtʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθis/
Noun
ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς • (akanthís) f (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος); third declension
- groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
- Synonym: ἠριγέρων (ērigérōn)
- cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- kind of perching bird, perhaps:
- goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), or
- siskin (Spinus spinus)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς hē akanthís | τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε tṑ akanthíde | αἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δες hai akanthídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος tês akanthídos | τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δοιν toîn akanthídoin | τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δων tôn akanthídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δῐ têi akanthídi | ἀκᾰνθῐ́δοιν akanthídoin | ταῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́σῐ / ἀκᾰνθῐ́σῐν taîs akanthísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δᾰ tḕn akanthída | ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε akanthíde | τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s akanthídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς akanthís | ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε akanthíde | ἀκᾰνθῐ́δες akanthídes | ||||||||||
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References
- ἀκανθίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκανθίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκανθίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)