ἄκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂k-. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀐𐀴𐀪𐀊𐀂 (a-ke-ti-ri-ja-i), 𐀊𐀐𐀳𐀩 (ja-ke-te-re, “healers”), Welsh iach, Breton yac'h, Old Irish ícc.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kos/
Noun
ἄκος • (ákos) n (genitive ἄκους or ἄκεος); third declension
- cure, remedy
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́κος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́κους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos | τὼ ᾰ̓́κει tṑ ákei | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κη tà ákē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́κους toû ákous | τοῖν ᾰ̓κοῖν toîn akoîn | τῶν ᾰ̓κῶν tôn akôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́κει tôi ákei | τοῖν ᾰ̓κοῖν toîn akoîn | τοῖς ᾰ̓́κεσῐ / ᾰ̓́κεσῐν toîs ákesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos | τὼ ᾰ̓́κει tṑ ákei | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κη tà ákē | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́κος ákos | ᾰ̓́κει ákei | ᾰ̓́κη ákē | ||||||||||
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Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́κος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́κεος (Ionic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos | τὼ ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεε tṑ ákei / ákee | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κεᾰ tà ákea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́κεος / ᾰ̓́κευς toû ákeos / ákeus | τοῖν ᾰ̓κέοιν toîn akéoin | τῶν ᾰ̓κέων tôn akéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεῐ̈ tôi ákei / ákeï | τοῖν ᾰ̓κέοιν toîn akéoin | τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ᾰ̓́κεσῐ / ᾰ̓́κεσῐν toîsi(n) ákesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos | τὼ ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεε tṑ ákei / ákee | τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κεᾰ tà ákea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́κος ákos | ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεε ákei / ákee | ᾰ̓́κεᾰ ákea | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκέομαι (akéomai)
- πανακής (panakḗs)
References
- “ἄκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄκος 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
- ἄκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2022)
- G1485 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- amends idem, page 27.
- antidote idem, page 32.
- balm idem, page 60.
- cure idem, page 190.
- healing idem, page 391.
- medicine idem, page 521.
- mitigation idem, page 536.
- palliative idem, page 590.
- redress idem, page 684.
- remedy idem, page 692.
- reparation idem, page 695.