ἀκοντιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀκοντίζω (akontízō) +‎ -της (-tēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kon.tis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /a.kon.tisˈtis/ → /a.kon.disˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kon.tis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kon.tisˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kon.tisˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kon.tisˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kon.disˈtis/

Noun

ᾰ̓κοντῐστής • (akontistḗs) m (genitive ᾰ̓κοντῐστοῦ); first declension

1. javelin-thrower, javelineer

Declension

First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓κοντῐστής; τοῦ ᾰ̓κοντῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓κοντῐστής ho akontistḗs	τὼ ᾰ̓κοντῐστᾱ́ tṑ akontistā́	οἱ ᾰ̓κοντῐσταί hoi akontistaí
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓κοντῐστοῦ toû akontistoû	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοντῐσταῖν toîn akontistaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓κοντῐστῶν tôn akontistôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓κοντῐστῇ tôi akontistêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοντῐσταῖν toîn akontistaîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓κοντῐσταῖς toîs akontistaîs
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓κοντῐστήν tòn akontistḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓κοντῐστᾱ́ tṑ akontistā́	τοὺς ᾰ̓κοντῐστᾱ́ς toùs akontistā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓κοντῐστᾰ́ akontistá	ᾰ̓κοντῐστᾱ́ akontistā́	ᾰ̓κοντῐσταί akontistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκοντιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκοντιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκοντιστής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀκοντιστής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀκοντιστής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)