ἀκηδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kɛː.dí.aː/ → /a.ciˈði.a/ → /a.ciˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kɛː.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ke̝ˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈði.a/

Noun

ἀκηδίᾱ • (akēdíā) f (genitive ἀκηδίᾱς); first declension

1. indifference, torpor, apathy
2. weariness, exhaustion
3. neglect, disregard

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱ hē akēdíā	τὼ ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱ tṑ akēdíā	αἱ ἀ̆κηδῐ́αι hai akēdíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱς tês akēdíās	τοῖν ἀ̆κηδῐ́αιν toîn akēdíain	τῶν ἀ̆κηδῐῶν tôn akēdiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾳ têi akēdíāi	τοῖν ἀ̆κηδῐ́αιν toîn akēdíain	ταῖς ἀ̆κηδῐ́αις taîs akēdíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱν tḕn akēdíān	τὼ ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱ tṑ akēdíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akēdíās
Vocative	ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱ akēdíā	ἀ̆κηδῐ́ᾱ akēdíā	ἀ̆κηδῐ́αι akēdíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: acēdia

References

• “ἀκηδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press