ἄκμων
See also: άκμων and ακμών
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō. Cognates include Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman), Avestan 𐬀𐬐𐬨𐬀𐬥 (akman), Lithuanian akmuo, and English hammer.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ák.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
Noun
ἄκμων • (ákmōn) m (genitive ἄκμονος); third declension
- (mineralogy) meteoric stone
- anvil
- Synonym: μύδρος (múdros)
- (in Cyprus) pestle
- Synonyms: ἀλετρίβανος (aletríbanos), δοῖδυξ (doîdux), κόπανον (kópanon), λᾰ́κτῐς (láktis), ναγεύς (nageús), ὕπερος (húperos)
- head of a battering ram
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἄκμων; τοῦ ἄκμονος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἄκμων ho ákmōn | τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone | οἱ ἄκμονες hoi ákmones | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἄκμονος toû ákmonos | τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin | τῶν ἀκμόνων tôn akmónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἄκμονῐ tôi ákmoni | τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin | τοῖς ἄκμοσῐ / ἄκμοσῐν toîs ákmosi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἄκμονᾰ tòn ákmona | τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone | τοὺς ἄκμονᾰς toùs ákmonas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄκμον ákmon | ἄκμονε ákmone | ἄκμονες ákmones | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκμόθετον (akmótheton)
- ἀκμόνιον (akmónion)
- ἀκμονίσκος (akmonískos)
Descendants
- Greek: άκμων (ákmon), άκμονας (ákmonas), ⇒ αμόνι (amóni) (from the diminutive)
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Egyptian ꜥẖm (“cultic image of a falcon”). Compare also Coptic ⲁⲭⲙⲩ (akhmu, “kind of bird”) and Arabic رَخْمَة (raḵma, “Egyptian vulture”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ák.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈak.mon/
Noun
ἄκμων • (ákmōn) m (genitive ἄκμονος); third declension
- kind of wolf
- kind of eagle
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἄκμων; τοῦ ἄκμονος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἄκμων ho ákmōn | τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone | οἱ ἄκμονες hoi ákmones | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἄκμονος toû ákmonos | τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin | τῶν ἀκμόνων tôn akmónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἄκμονῐ tôi ákmoni | τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin | τοῖς ἄκμοσῐ / ἄκμοσῐν toîs ákmosi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἄκμονᾰ tòn ákmona | τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone | τοὺς ἄκμονᾰς toùs ákmonas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄκμον ákmon | ἄκμονε ákmone | ἄκμονες ákmones | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἄκμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄκμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄκμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἄκμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄκμων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἄκμων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- anvil idem, page 32.
- stithy idem, page 818.
- 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