ἄσταχυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στάχυς (stákhus)

Etymology

Previously connected with Proto-Germanic *stangō (“bar; rod; stake”), but most likely a Pre-Greek word in view of the prothetic vowel.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.ta.kʰys/ → /ˈas.ta.çys/ → /ˈas.ta.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.ta.kʰys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.kʰys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.çys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.çys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ta.çis/

Noun

ἄστᾰχῠς • (ástakhus) f (genitive ἀστᾰ́χῠος); third declension

1. (botany) ear of corn
2. bandage

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἄστᾰχῠς; τοῦ ἀστᾰ́χῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄστᾰχῠς ho ástakhus	τὼ ἀστᾰ́χῠε tṑ astákhue	οἱ ἀστᾰ́χῠες hoi astákhues
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστᾰ́χῠος toû astákhuos	τοῖν ἀστᾰχῠ́οιν toîn astakhúoin	τῶν ἀστᾰχῠ́ων tôn astakhúōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστᾰ́χῠῐ̈ / ἀστᾰ́χυι tôi astákhuï / astákhui	τοῖν ἀστᾰχῠ́οιν toîn astakhúoin	τοῖς ἀστᾰ́χῠσῐ / ἀστᾰ́χῠσῐν toîs astákhusi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἄστᾰχῠν tòn ástakhun	τὼ ἀστᾰ́χῠε tṑ astákhue	τοὺς ἀστᾰ́χῡς / ἀστᾰ́χῠᾰς toùs astákhūs / astákhuas
Vocative	ἄστᾰχῠ ástakhu	ἀστᾰ́χῠε astákhue	ἀστᾰ́χῠες astákhues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἄσταχυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄσταχυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄσταχυς 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