ἀκιρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Frisk, probably related to ἀκιδνός (akidnós, “weak, small”).

Alternative forms

• ἄκιρος (ákiros) — Aeolic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/ → /a.ciˈros/ → /a.ciˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/

Adjective

ἀκῐρός • (akirós) m or f (neuter ἀκῐρόν); second declension

1. weak, feeble

Declension

Second declension of ἀκῐρός; ἀκῐρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀκῐρός akirós	ἀκῐρόν akirón		ἀκῐρώ akirṓ	ἀκῐρώ akirṓ		ἀκῐροί akiroí	ἀκῐρᾰ́ akirá
Genitive		ἀκῐροῦ akiroû	ἀκῐροῦ akiroû		ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn	ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn		ἀκῐρῶν akirôn	ἀκῐρῶν akirôn
Dative		ἀκῐρῷ akirôi	ἀκῐρῷ akirôi		ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn	ἀκῐροῖν akiroîn		ἀκῐροῖς akiroîs	ἀκῐροῖς akiroîs
Accusative		ἀκῐρόν akirón	ἀκῐρόν akirón		ἀκῐρώ akirṓ	ἀκῐρώ akirṓ		ἀκῐρούς akiroús	ἀκῐρᾰ́ akirá
Vocative		ἀκῐρέ akiré	ἀκῐρόν akirón		ἀκῐρώ akirṓ	ἀκῐρώ akirṓ		ἀκῐροί akiroí	ἀκῐρᾰ́ akirá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκῐρῶς akirôs			ἀκῐρώτερος akirṓteros			ἀκῐρώτᾰτος akirṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκιρῶς (akirôs)

Etymology 2

Unknown. Not related to the adjective.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/ → /a.ciˈros/ → /a.ciˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/

Noun

ἀκιρός • (akirós)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: βορρᾶς (borrhâs, “north wind”).

Further reading

• “ἀκιρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκιρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκιρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α