ἀκτηρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The explanation as a univerbation of ἀκταίνω (aktaínō, “to keep erect”) and ἐρείδω (ereídō, “to prop, support”) seems most improbable.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.tɛː.rís/ → /ak.tiˈris/ → /ak.tiˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.tɛː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ak.te̝ˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ak.tiˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ak.tiˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ak.tiˈris/

Noun

ἀκτηρίς • (aktērís) f (genitive ἀκτηρῐ́δος); third declension

1. staff, stick
2. bar of wood supporting a chariot pole

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀκτηρῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκτηρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκτηρῐ́ς hē aktērís	τὼ ἀκτηρῐ́δε tṑ aktēríde	αἱ ἀκτηρῐ́δες hai aktērídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀκτηρῐ́δος tês aktērídos	τοῖν ἀκτηρῐ́δοιν toîn aktērídoin	τῶν ἀκτηρῐ́δων tôn aktērídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀκτηρῐ́δῐ têi aktērídi	τοῖν ἀκτηρῐ́δοιν toîn aktērídoin	ταῖς ἀκτηρῐ́σῐ / ἀκτηρῐ́σῐν taîs aktērísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀκτηρῐ́δᾰ tḕn aktērída	τὼ ἀκτηρῐ́δε tṑ aktēríde	τᾱ̀ς ἀκτηρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s aktērídas
Vocative	ἀκτηρῐ́ς aktērís	ἀκτηρῐ́δε aktēríde	ἀκτηρῐ́δες aktērídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ἀκτηρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκτηρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκτηρίς 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