ἀκιδνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀκίς (akís, “sharp pain”) + -νός (-nós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ki.dnós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kiˈdnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ciˈðnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ciˈðnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ciˈðnos/
Adjective
ἀκιδνός • (akidnós) m (feminine ἀκιδνή, neuter ἀκιδνόν); first/second declension
- weak, feeble
- Synonym: ἀσθενής (asthenḗs)
Declension
First and second declension of ἀκιδνός; ἀκιδνή; ἀκιδνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀκιδνός akidnós | ἀκιδνή akidnḗ | ἀκιδνόν akidnón | ἀκιδνώ akidnṓ | ἀκιδνᾱ́ akidnā́ | ἀκιδνώ akidnṓ | ἀκιδνοί akidnoí | ἀκιδναί akidnaí | ἀκιδνᾰ́ akidná | |||||
Genitive | ἀκιδνοῦ akidnoû | ἀκιδνῆς akidnês | ἀκιδνοῦ akidnoû | ἀκιδνοῖν akidnoîn | ἀκιδναῖν akidnaîn | ἀκιδνοῖν akidnoîn | ἀκιδνῶν akidnôn | ἀκιδνῶν akidnôn | ἀκιδνῶν akidnôn | |||||
Dative | ἀκιδνῷ akidnôi | ἀκιδνῇ akidnêi | ἀκιδνῷ akidnôi | ἀκιδνοῖν akidnoîn | ἀκιδναῖν akidnaîn | ἀκιδνοῖν akidnoîn | ἀκιδνοῖς akidnoîs | ἀκιδναῖς akidnaîs | ἀκιδνοῖς akidnoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἀκιδνόν akidnón | ἀκιδνήν akidnḗn | ἀκιδνόν akidnón | ἀκιδνώ akidnṓ | ἀκιδνᾱ́ akidnā́ | ἀκιδνώ akidnṓ | ἀκιδνούς akidnoús | ἀκιδνᾱ́ς akidnā́s | ἀκιδνᾰ́ akidná | |||||
Vocative | ἀκιδνέ akidné | ἀκιδνή akidnḗ | ἀκιδνόν akidnón | ἀκιδνώ akidnṓ | ἀκιδνᾱ́ akidnā́ | ἀκιδνώ akidnṓ | ἀκιδνοί akidnoí | ἀκιδναί akidnaí | ἀκιδνᾰ́ akidná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀκιδνῶς akidnôs | ἀκιδνότερος akidnóteros | ἀκιδνότᾰτος akidnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀκιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀκιδνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀκιδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκιδνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀκιδνός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)