ἄκρις

See also: ἀκρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́κρος (ákros, “edge, extremity”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ᾰ̓́κρῐς • (ákris) f (genitive ᾰ̓́κρῐος or ᾰ̓́κρεως); third declension

1. peak, mountaintop, hilltop

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́κρῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓́κρῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́κρῐς hē ákris	τὼ ᾰ̓́κρῐε tṑ ákrie	αἱ ᾰ̓́κρῐες hai ákries
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́κρῐος tês ákrios	τοῖν ᾰ̓κρῐ́οιν toîn akríoin	τῶν ᾰ̓κρῐ́ων tôn akríōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́κρῑ têi ákrī	τοῖν ᾰ̓κρῐ́οιν toîn akríoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́κρῐσῐ / ᾰ̓́κρῐσῐν taîs ákrisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́κρῐν tḕn ákrin	τὼ ᾰ̓́κρῐε tṑ ákrie	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́κρῑς / ᾰ̓́κρῐᾰς tā̀s ákrīs / ákrias
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κρῐ ákri	ᾰ̓́κρῐε ákrie	ᾰ̓́κρῐες ákries
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́κρῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓́κρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́κρῐς hē ákris	τὼ ᾰ̓́κρει tṑ ákrei	αἱ ᾰ̓́κρεις hai ákreis
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́κρεως tês ákreōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓κρέοιν toîn akréoin	τῶν ᾰ̓́κρεων tôn ákreōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́κρει têi ákrei	τοῖν ᾰ̓κρέοιν toîn akréoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́κρεσῐ / ᾰ̓́κρεσῐν taîs ákresi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́κρῐν tḕn ákrin	τὼ ᾰ̓́κρει tṑ ákrei	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́κρεις tā̀s ákreis
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κρῐ ákri	ᾰ̓́κρει ákrei	ᾰ̓́κρεις ákreis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄκρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄκρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄκρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκρις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄκρις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)