ακρίτας
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Pontic Greek ακρίτας (akrítas), from Byzantine Greek ἀκρίτας, a form of ἀκρίτης (akrítēs) as in the Trapezund manuscript[1] of the Digenes Acrites epic of 12th century. Also see ακρίτης (akrítis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ακρίτας • (akrítas) m (plural ακρίτες)
- a more frequent form of ακρίτης (akrítis, “frontiersman, borderer”)
Declension edit
declension of ακρίτας
Related terms edit
- see at ακρίτης
References edit
- ^ 13th century manuscript in Sathas C.-Legrand É., Les exploits de Digénis Akritas. Epopée byzantine du dixième siècle, publiée pour la première fois d'après le manuscrit unique de Trébizonde [Collection de monuments pour servir à l'étude de la langue néo-hellénique 6, n. s.], Paris-Athènes, 1875
Further reading edit
- ακρίτας, ακρίτης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ακρίτας, ακρίτης - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language