ἀκόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to βελόνη (belónē) and περόνη (perónē). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), like ἀκή (akḗ), ἀκμή (akmḗ) and ἄκρος (ákros).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kó.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈko.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈko.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈko.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈko.ni/

Noun

ἀκόνη • (akónē) f (genitive ἀκόνης); first declension

whetstone, hone
Synonym: θηγᾰ́νη (thēgánē)
(anatomy) part of the tragus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκόνη; τῆς ἀκόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκόνη hē akónē	τὼ ἀκόνᾱ tṑ akónā	αἱ ἀκόναι hai akónai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκόνης tês akónēs	τοῖν ἀκόναιν toîn akónain	τῶν ἀκονῶν tôn akonôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκόνῃ têi akónēi	τοῖν ἀκόναιν toîn akónain	ταῖς ἀκόναις taîs akónais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκόνην tḕn akónēn	τὼ ἀκόνᾱ tṑ akónā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκόνᾱς tā̀s akónās
Vocative	ἀκόνη akónē	ἀκόνᾱ akónā	ἀκόναι akónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκονάω (akonáō)
ἀκόνημα (akónēma)
ἀκόνησις (akónēsis)
ἀκονητής (akonētḗs)
ἀκονίας (akonías)
ἀκόνιον (akónion)

Descendants

Greek: ακόνι (akóni)

References

“ἀκόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀκόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀκόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀκόνη 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