ἄκορνα
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Strömberg compares κόρνος (kórnos, “butcher's broom”) and σκόρνος (skórnos, “myrtle”). It seems possible that ἀκορνός (akornós, “grasshopper”) derives from this word, like ἀκανθίας (akanthías, “grasshopper”) beside ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn, thistle”). The prothetic vowel, the variations and the -ρν- cluster point to a Pre-Greek origin, according to Beekes.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kor.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kor.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kor.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kor.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kor.na/
Noun edit
ἄκορνᾰ • (ákorna) f (genitive ἀκόρνης); first declension
- soldier thistle (Picnomon acarna, syn. Cirsium acarna)
- Synonym: ἀγρῐοκῐνᾰ́ρᾱ (agriokinárā)
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἄκορνᾰ hē ákorna |
τὼ ἀκόρνᾱ tṑ akórnā |
αἱ ἄκορναι hai ákornai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀκόρνης tês akórnēs |
τοῖν ἀκόρναιν toîn akórnain |
τῶν ἀκορνῶν tôn akornôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀκόρνῃ têi akórnēi |
τοῖν ἀκόρναιν toîn akórnain |
ταῖς ἀκόρναις taîs akórnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἄκορνᾰν tḕn ákornan |
τὼ ἀκόρνᾱ tṑ akórnā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκόρνᾱς tā̀s akórnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄκορνᾰ ákorna |
ἀκόρνᾱ akórnā |
ἄκορναι ákornai | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “ἄκορνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄκορνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκορνα 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