αἰχμητής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἰχμᾱτᾱ́ς (aikhmātā́s) — Doric

Etymology

αἰχμή (aikhmḗ, “spear”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯kʰ.mɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ɛx.miˈtis/ → /ex.miˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯kʰ.mɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛkʰ.me̝ˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛx.miˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ex.miˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ex.miˈtis/

Noun

αἰχμητής • (aikhmētḗs) m (genitive αἰχμητοῦ); first declension

1. (poetic) spearman, warrior

Declension

First declension of αἰχμητής; αἰχμητᾶο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	αἰχμητής aikhmētḗs	αἰχμητᾱ́ aikhmētā́	αἰχμηταί aikhmētaí
Genitive	αἰχμητᾶο / αἰχμητέ͜ω / αἰχμητῶ aikhmētâo / aikhmēté͜ō / aikhmētô	αἰχμηταῖν / αἰχμηταῖῐν / αἰχμητῇῐν aikhmētaî(i)n / aikhmētêiin	αἰχμητᾱ́ων / αἰχμητέ͜ων / αἰχμητῶν aikhmētā́ōn / aikhmēté͜ōn / aikhmētôn
Dative	αἰχμητῇ aikhmētêi	αἰχμηταῖν / αἰχμηταῖῐν / αἰχμητῇῐν aikhmētaî(i)n / aikhmētêiin	αἰχμητῇσῐ / αἰχμητῇσῐν / αἰχμητῇς / αἰχμηταῖς aikhmētêisi(n) / aikhmētêis / aikhmētaîs
Accusative	αἰχμητήν aikhmētḗn	αἰχμητᾱ́ aikhmētā́	αἰχμητᾱ́ς aikhmētā́s
Vocative	αἰχμητᾰ́ aikhmētá	αἰχμητᾱ́ aikhmētā́	αἰχμηταί aikhmētaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “αἰχμητής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἰχμητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰχμητής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “αἰχμητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fighter idem, page 318.
  • soldier idem, page 792.
  • spearman idem, page 799.
  • warrior idem, page 964.