ἄχωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄχορα (ákhora)
• ἀχώρ (akhṓr)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the connection with ἄχυρον (ákhuron, “chaff”) is proven by the glosses. The vocalic interchange points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἄχωρ • (ákhōr) m (genitive ἄχορος); third declension

1. scurf, dandruff

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἄχωρ; τοῦ ἄχορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄχωρ ho ákhōr	τὼ ἄχορε tṑ ákhore	οἱ ἄχορες hoi ákhores
Genitive	τοῦ ἄχορος toû ákhoros	τοῖν ἀχόροιν toîn akhóroin	τῶν ἀχόρων tôn akhórōn
Dative	τῷ ἄχορῐ tôi ákhori	τοῖν ἀχόροιν toîn akhóroin	τοῖς ἄχορσῐ / ἄχορσῐν toîs ákhorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἄχορᾰ tòn ákhora	τὼ ἄχορε tṑ ákhore	τοὺς ἄχορᾰς toùs ákhoras
Vocative	ἄχορ ákhor	ἄχορε ákhore	ἄχορες ákhores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: achōr

Further reading

• “ἄχωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄχωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄχωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄχωρ, -ορος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186