ἀκρίς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editHardly related to κρίζω (krízō, “to creak”). Winter connects it with κέρκα (kérka, “grasshopper”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin, which is quite probable for a grasshopper.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.krís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈkris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈkris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈkris/
Noun
editᾰ̓κρῐ́ς • (akrís) f (genitive ᾰ̓κρῐ́δος); third declension
- grasshopper, locust, cricket
- Synonym: ἀττέλαβος (attélabos)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) locust bean: the fruit of the carob tree
- The Gospel of Mark 1:6:
- καὶ ἦν ὁ Ἰωάνης ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ,
καὶ ἔσθων ἀκρίδας καὶ μέλι ἄγριον.- kaì ên ho Iōánēs endeduménos tríkhas kamḗlou kaì zṓnēn dermatínēn perì tḕn osphùn autoû,
kaì ésthōn akrídas kaì méli ágrion. - And John was clothed in camel hairs and a leather belt around his loins,
and [he was] eating locust( bean)s and wild honey.
- kaì ên ho Iōánēs endeduménos tríkhas kamḗlou kaì zṓnēn dermatínēn perì tḕn osphùn autoû,
- καὶ ἦν ὁ Ἰωάνης ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ,
Usage notes
edit- The sense 'locust bean' is invoked by some biblical scholars to explain John the Baptist's diet of 'locusts and wild honey', mentioned in Mark 1:6 and Matthew 3:4.[1]
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓κρῐ́ς hē akrís |
τὼ ᾰ̓κρῐ́δε tṑ akríde |
αἱ ᾰ̓κρῐ́δες hai akrídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓κρῐ́δος tês akrídos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κρῐ́δοιν toîn akrídoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓κρῐ́δων tôn akrídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓κρῐ́δῐ têi akrídi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κρῐ́δοιν toîn akrídoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓κρῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̓κρῐ́σῐν taîs akrísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓κρῐ́δᾰ tḕn akrída |
τὼ ᾰ̓κρῐ́δε tṑ akríde |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s akrídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓κρῐ́ς akrís |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́δε akríde |
ᾰ̓κρῐ́δες akrídes | ||||||||||
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References
editFurther reading
edit- “ἀκρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀκρίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀκρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκρίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀκρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G200 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- locust idem, page 497.
- 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
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