ἀκιρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
According to Frisk, probably related to ἀκιδνός (akidnós, “weak, small”).
Alternative forms
- ἄκιρος (ákiros) – Aeolic
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ki.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kiˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ciˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ciˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ciˈros/
Adjective
ἀκῐρός • (akirós) m or f (neuter ἀκῐρόν); second declension
- weak, feeble
Declension
Second declension of ἀκῐρός; ἀκῐρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀκῐρός akirós | ἀκῐρόν akirón | ἀκῐρώ akirṓ | ἀκῐρώ akirṓ | ἀκῐροί akiroí | ἀκῐρᾰ́ akirá | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀκῐροῦ akiroû | ἀκῐροῦ akiroû | ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn | ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn | ἀκῐρῶν akirôn | ἀκῐρῶν akirôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀκῐρῷ akirôi | ἀκῐρῷ akirôi | ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn | ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn | ἀκῐροῖς akiroîs | ἀκῐροῖς akiroîs | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀκῐρόν akirón | ἀκῐρόν akirón | ἀκῐρώ akirṓ | ἀκῐρώ akirṓ | ἀκῐρούς akiroús | ἀκῐρᾰ́ akirá | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀκῐρέ akiré | ἀκῐρόν akirón | ἀκῐρώ akirṓ | ἀκῐρώ akirṓ | ἀκῐροί akiroí | ἀκῐρᾰ́ akirá | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀκῐρῶς akirôs | ἀκῐρώτερος akirṓteros | ἀκῐρώτᾰτος akirṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκιρῶς (akirôs)
Etymology 2
Unknown. Not related to the adjective.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ki.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kiˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ciˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ciˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ciˈros/
Noun
ἀκιρός • (akirós)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: βορρᾶς (borrhâs, “north wind”).
Further reading
- “ἀκιρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκιρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκιρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α