ἀχάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Loaned from a non-Indo-European source, possibly Semitic. The river Ἀχάτης in Sicily is probably named after the mineral.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kʰǎː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkʰa.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈxa.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈxa.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈxa.tis/
Noun
ᾰ̓χᾱ́της • (akhā́tēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓χᾱ́του); first declension
- (mineralogy) agate
Declension
First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της; τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της ho akhā́tēs | τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ tṑ akhā́tā | οἱ ᾰ̓χᾶται hoi akhâtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του toû akhā́tou | τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν toîn akhā́tain | τῶν ᾰ̓χᾱτῶν tôn akhātôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τῃ tôi akhā́tēi | τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν toîn akhā́tain | τοῖς ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταις toîs akhā́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓χᾱ́την tòn akhā́tēn | τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ tṑ akhā́tā | τοὺς ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱς toùs akhā́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓χᾶτᾰ akhâta | ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ akhā́tā | ᾰ̓χᾶται akhâtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αχάτης (achátis)
- → Latin: achātēs
- → Old Georgian: აქატჱ (akaṭē)
- Georgian: აქატი (akaṭi)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “182”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἀχάτης
Further reading
- “ἀχάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀχάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)