ἄκανθος

See also: άκανθος and Ἄκανθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) +‎ ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kan.tʰos/ → /ˈa.kan.θos/ → /ˈa.kan.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kan.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kan.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kan.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kan.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kan.θos/

Noun

ἄκᾰνθος • (ákanthos) m or f (genitive ἀκᾰ́νθου); second declension

1. The acanthus plant

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄκᾰνθος; τοῦ ἀκᾰ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄκᾰνθος ho ákanthos	τὼ ἀκᾰ́νθω tṑ akánthō	οἱ ἄκᾰνθοι hoi ákanthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκᾰ́νθου toû akánthou	τοῖν ἀκᾰ́νθοιν toîn akánthoin	τῶν ἀκᾰ́νθων tôn akánthōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκᾰ́νθῳ tôi akánthōi	τοῖν ἀκᾰ́νθοιν toîn akánthoin	τοῖς ἀκᾰ́νθοις toîs akánthois
Accusative	τὸν ἄκᾰνθον tòn ákanthon	τὼ ἀκᾰ́νθω tṑ akánthō	τοὺς ἀκᾰ́νθους toùs akánthous
Vocative	ἄκᾰνθε ákanthe	ἀκᾰ́νθω akánthō	ἄκᾰνθοι ákanthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: acanthus
  • → Catalan: acant
  • → Finnish: akantus, akantti
  • → English: acanthus
  • → French: acanthe
    • → Romanian: acantă
  • → Irish: acanta-, acantas
  • → Italian: acanto
  • → Polish: akant (learned)
  • → Portuguese: acanto
  • → Spanish: acanto
  • → Swedish: akantus, akant

Further reading

• “ἄκανθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκανθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκανθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκανθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)