ἀχερωΐς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Connection of -ωΐς with Lithuanian úosis (“ash tree”) is most improbable. Derivation from Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn) is a mere formal guess. The stem suggests a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kʰe.rɔː.ís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kʰe.roˈis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.çe.roˈis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.çe.roˈis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.çe.roˈis/
Noun
ἀχερωΐς • (akherōḯs) f (genitive ἀχερωΐδος); third declension
- white poplar (Populus alba)
- Synonyms: λεύκη (leúkē), λῠ́γδη (lúgdē)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀχερωΐς; τῆς ἀχερωῐ̈́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀχερωΐς hē akherōḯs | τὼ ἀχερωῐ̈́δε tṑ akherōḯde | αἱ ἀχερωῐ̈́δες hai akherōḯdes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀχερωῐ̈́δος tês akherōḯdos | τοῖν ἀχερωῐ̈́δοιν toîn akherōḯdoin | τῶν ἀχερωῐ̈́δων tôn akherōḯdōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀχερωῐ̈́δῐ têi akherōḯdi | τοῖν ἀχερωῐ̈́δοιν toîn akherōḯdoin | ταῖς ἀχερωῐ̈́σῐ / ἀχερωῐ̈́σῐν taîs akherōḯsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀχερωῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn akherōḯda | τὼ ἀχερωῐ̈́δε tṑ akherōḯde | τᾱ̀ς ἀχερωῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s akherōḯdas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀχερωΐς akherōḯs | ἀχερωῐ̈́δε akherōḯde | ἀχερωῐ̈́δες akherōḯdes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀχερωΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀχερωΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀχερωΐς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀχερωΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀχερωΐς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀχερωΐς 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