ἀκαρής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + κάρ- (kár-), zero-grade of the root of κείρω (keírō, “to cut hair”), + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ka.rɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kaˈre̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kaˈris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kaˈris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kaˈris/
Adjective
ἀκαρής • (akarḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκαρές); third declension
- (of hair) too short to be cut
- (in general, especially of time) very short
Inflection
Third declension of ἀκαρής; ἀκαρές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀκαρής akarḗs | ἀκαρές akarés | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαρεῖς akareîs | ἀκαρῆ akarê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀκαροῦς akaroûs | ἀκαροῦς akaroûs | ἀκαροῖν akaroîn | ἀκαροῖν akaroîn | ἀκαρῶν akarôn | ἀκαρῶν akarôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαροῖν akaroîn | ἀκαροῖν akaroîn | ἀκαρέσῐ / ἀκαρέσῐν akarési(n) | ἀκαρέσῐ / ἀκαρέσῐν akarési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀκαρῆ akarê | ἀκαρές akarés | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαρεῖς akareîs | ἀκαρῆ akarê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀκαρές akarés | ἀκαρές akarés | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαρεῖ akareî | ἀκαρεῖς akareîs | ἀκαρῆ akarê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀκαρῶς akarôs | ἀκαρέστερος akarésteros | ἀκαρέστᾰτος akaréstatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “ἀκαρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκαρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκαρής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκαρής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)