ἄκοιτις
See also: ἀκοίτις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾰ̓κοίτη (akoítē)
Etymology
ᾰ̓- (a-, alpha copulativum) + κοίτη (koítē, “[marriage] bed”) + -ῐς (-is, “a woman pertaining to —”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.koi̯.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ky.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.cy.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.cy.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ci.tis/
Noun
ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς • (ákoitis) f (genitive ᾰ̓κοίτῐος); third declension
- (endearing) a female bedfellow, a wife
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.138
- 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 5.169
- 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 684
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓κοίτῐος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς hē ákoitis | τὼ ᾰ̓κοίτῐε tṑ akoítie | αἱ ᾰ̓κοίτῐες hai akoíties | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓κοίτῐος tês akoítios | τοῖν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́οιν toîn akoitíoin | τῶν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́ων tôn akoitíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓κοίτῑ têi akoítī | τοῖν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́οιν toîn akoitíoin | ταῖς ᾰ̓κοίτῐσῐ / ᾰ̓κοίτῐσῐν taîs akoítisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́κοιτῐν tḕn ákoitin | τὼ ᾰ̓κοίτῐε tṑ akoítie | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κοίτῑς / ᾰ̓κοίτῐᾰς tā̀s akoítīs / akoítias | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́κοιτῐ ákoiti | ᾰ̓κοίτῐε akoítie | ᾰ̓κοίτῐες akoíties | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (a wife): ἄλοχος (álokhos)
Coordinate terms
- ᾰ̓κοίτης (akoítēs, “a [male] bedfellow”, “a husband”)
Descendants
- Latin: acoetis
References
- “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄκοιτις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄκοιτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκοιτις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄκοιτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἄκοιτις”, 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.
- bedfellow idem, page 69.
- consort idem, page 164.
- spouse idem, page 805.
- wife idem, page 978.