ἀκανθίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn; thorny bush”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰís/ → /a.kanˈθis/ → /a.kanˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈtʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθis/

Noun

ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς • (akanthís) f (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος); third declension

1. groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)

   Synonym: ἠριγέρων (ērigérōn)

2. cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
3. kind of perching bird, perhaps:
   1. goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), or
   2. siskin (Spinus spinus)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς hē akanthís	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε tṑ akanthíde	αἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δες hai akanthídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος tês akanthídos	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δοιν toîn akanthídoin	τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δων tôn akanthídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δῐ têi akanthídi	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δοιν toîn akanthídoin	ταῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́σῐ / ἀκᾰνθῐ́σῐν taîs akanthísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δᾰ tḕn akanthída	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε tṑ akanthíde	τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s akanthídas
Vocative	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς akanthís	ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε akanthíde	ἀκᾰνθῐ́δες akanthídes
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 *-ds.

Further reading

• “ἀκανθίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκανθίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκανθίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)