ἀκροβυστία
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe first element is ἄκρος (ákros, “topmost, outermost”). The second element is uncertain. Was traditionally thought to be βύω (búō, “to stuff, plug”), but this is almost certainly incorrect. The word could be an alternative form of ἀκροποσθία (akroposthía, “foreskin”), making the second element akin to πόσθη (pósthē, “penis, foreskin”). Could also be from a Semitic root, such as Hebrew בֹּשֶׁת (bōšeṯ, “shame”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kro.bys.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kro.bysˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kro.βysˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kro.vysˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kro.visˈti.a/
Noun
editἀκροβυστίᾱ • (akrobustíā) f (genitive ἀκροβυστίᾱς); first declension
- foreskin
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 11:3
- the state of having the foreskin, uncircumcision
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 2:25
- (collectively) those who are not circumcised, the uncircumcised
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 2:26
- New Testament, Epistle to the Romans 3:30
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱ hē akrobustíā |
τὼ ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱ tṑ akrobustíā |
αἱ ἀκροβυστῐ́αι hai akrobustíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱς tês akrobustíās |
τοῖν ἀκροβυστῐ́αιν toîn akrobustíain |
τῶν ἀκροβυστῐῶν tôn akrobustiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾳ têi akrobustíāi |
τοῖν ἀκροβυστῐ́αιν toîn akrobustíain |
ταῖς ἀκροβυστῐ́αις taîs akrobustíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱν tḕn akrobustíān |
τὼ ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱ tṑ akrobustíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akrobustíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱ akrobustíā |
ἀκροβυστῐ́ᾱ akrobustíā |
ἀκροβυστῐ́αι akrobustíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: ακροβυστία f (akrovystía, “foreskin”)
Further reading
edit- “ἀκροβυστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκροβυστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκροβυστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκροβυστία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G203 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible