ἀκίς

See also: -άκης, -άκις, Ἄκις, and Ἆκις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓κῐ́ς • (ăkĭ́s) f (genitive ᾰ̓κῐ́δος); third declension

  1. pointed object
    1. barb of an arrow or hook
    2. arrow, dart
    3. (figurative) stings (of desire)
      1. (in the plural) sharp, acute pains
  2. surgical bandage

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓κῐ́ς; τῆς ᾰ̓κῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ᾰ̓κῐ́ς
hē ăkĭ́s 		τὼ ᾰ̓κῐ́δε
tṑ ăkĭ́de 		αἱ ᾰ̓κῐ́δες
hai ăkĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ᾰ̓κῐ́δος
tês ăkĭ́dos 		τοῖν ᾰ̓κῐ́δοιν
toîn ăkĭ́doin 		τῶν ᾰ̓κῐ́δων
tôn ăkĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ᾰ̓κῐ́δῐ
tēî ăkĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ᾰ̓κῐ́δοιν
toîn ăkĭ́doin 		ταῖς ᾰ̓κῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̓κῐ́σῐν
taîs ăkĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ᾰ̓κῐ́δᾰ
tḕn ăkĭ́dă 		τὼ ᾰ̓κῐ́δε
tṑ ăkĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s ăkĭ́dăs
Vocative ᾰ̓κῐ́ς
ăkĭ́s 		ᾰ̓κῐ́δε
ăkĭ́de 		ᾰ̓κῐ́δες
ăkĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Descendants

  • Greek: ακίδα (akída)

Further reading

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