ἄκοιτις

See also: ἀκοίτις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓κοίτη (akoítē)

Etymology

ᾰ̓- (a-, alpha copulativum) +‎ κοίτη (koítē, “[marriage] bed”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, “a woman pertaining to —”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.koi̯.tis/ → /ˈa.cy.tis/ → /ˈa.ci.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.koi̯.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ky.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.cy.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.cy.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ci.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς • (ákoitis) f (genitive ᾰ̓κοίτῐος); third declension

1. (endearing) a female bedfellow, a wife
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.138
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 5.169
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 684

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓κοίτῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς hē ákoitis	τὼ ᾰ̓κοίτῐε tṑ akoítie	αἱ ᾰ̓κοίτῐες hai akoíties
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κοίτῐος tês akoítios	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́οιν toîn akoitíoin	τῶν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́ων tôn akoitíōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κοίτῑ têi akoítī	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́οιν toîn akoitíoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓κοίτῐσῐ / ᾰ̓κοίτῐσῐν taîs akoítisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́κοιτῐν tḕn ákoitin	τὼ ᾰ̓κοίτῐε tṑ akoítie	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κοίτῑς / ᾰ̓κοίτῐᾰς tā̀s akoítīs / akoítias
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κοιτῐ ákoiti	ᾰ̓κοίτῐε akoítie	ᾰ̓κοίτῐες akoíties
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (a wife): ἄλοχος (álokhos)

Coordinate terms

• ᾰ̓κοίτης (akoítēs, “a [male] bedfellow”, “a husband”)

Descendants

• Latin: acoetis

References

• “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄκοιτις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄκοιτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκοιτις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄκοιτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄκοιτις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bedfellow idem, page 69.
  • consort idem, page 164.
  • spouse idem, page 805.
  • wife idem, page 978.