ἀκανθίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kan.tʰí.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kanˈtʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθi.on/
Noun
ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων • (akanthíōn) m (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονος); third declension
- hedgehog
- Synonym: χήρ (khḗr)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων ho akanthíōn | τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονε tṑ akanthíone | οἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονες hoi akanthíones | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονος toû akanthíonos | τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐόνοιν toîn akanthiónoin | τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐόνων tôn akanthiónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονῐ tôi akanthíoni | ἀκᾰνθῐόνοιν akanthiónoin | τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́οσῐ / ἀκᾰνθῐ́οσῐν toîs akanthíosi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονᾰ tòn akanthíona | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονε akanthíone | τοὺς ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονᾰς toùs akanthíonas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ον akanthíon | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονε akanthíone | ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονες akanthíones | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀκανθίων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκανθίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκανθίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)