ἄκος

See also: -ακός, -άκος, and Appendix:Variations of "akos"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₂k- (“cure”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀐𐀴𐀪𐀊𐀂 (a-ke-ti-ri-ja-i), 𐀊𐀐𐀳𐀩 (ja-ke-te-re, “healers”); outside of Hellenic, possibly cognate with Welsh iach (“healthy”), Breton yac'h, Old Irish ícc (“cure, healing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kos/ → /ˈa.kos/ → /ˈa.kos/

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

Noun

ἄκος • (ákos) n (genitive ἄκους or ἄκεος); third declension

1. cure, remedy

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́κος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́κους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos	τὼ ᾰ̓́κει tṑ ákei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κη tà ákē
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́κους toû ákous	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοῖν toîn akoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓κῶν tôn akôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́κει tôi ákei	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοῖν toîn akoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓́κεσῐ / ᾰ̓́κεσῐν toîs ákesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos	τὼ ᾰ̓́κει tṑ ákei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κη tà ákē
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κος ákos	ᾰ̓́κει ákei	ᾰ̓́κη ákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́κος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́κεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos	τὼ ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεε tṑ ákei / ákee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κεᾰ tà ákea
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́κεος / ᾰ̓́κευς toû ákeos / ákeus	τοῖν ᾰ̓κέοιν toîn akéoin	τῶν ᾰ̓κέων tôn akéōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεῐ̈ tôi ákei / ákeï	τοῖν ᾰ̓κέοιν toîn akéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ᾰ̓́κεσῐ / ᾰ̓́κεσῐν toîsi(n) ákesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́κος tò ákos	τὼ ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεε tṑ ákei / ákee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́κεᾰ tà ákea
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κος ákos	ᾰ̓́κει / ᾰ̓́κεε ákei / ákee	ᾰ̓́κεᾰ ákea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀκέομαι (akéomai)
• πανακής (panakḗs)

Further reading

• “ἄκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1485 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amends idem, page 27.
  • antidote idem, page 32.
  • balm idem, page 60.
  • cure idem, page 190.
  • healing idem, page 391.
  • medicine idem, page 521.
  • mitigation idem, page 536.
  • palliative idem, page 590.
  • redress idem, page 684.
  • remedy idem, page 692.
  • reparation idem, page 695.