ἀκανθίς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn; thorny bush”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kan.tʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kanˈtʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kanˈθis/
Noun
editἀκᾰνθῐ́ς • (akanthís) f (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος); third declension
- groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
- Synonym: ἠριγέρων (ērigérōn)
- cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- kind of perching bird, perhaps:
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “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)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίς
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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- grc:Perching birds