Ἀκροκόρινθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄκρος (ákros, “tip, summit, citadel”) +‎ Κόρινθος (Kórinthos, “Corinth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kro.kó.rin.tʰos/ → /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/ → /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kro.kó.rin.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθος • (Akrokórinthos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓κροκορῐ́νθου); second declension

1. Acrocorinth

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓κροκορῐ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθος ho Akrokórinthos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓κροκορῐ́νθου toû Akrokorínthou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓κροκορῐ́νθῳ tôi Akrokorínthōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθον tòn Akrokórinthon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθε Akrokórinthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: Acrocorinth
• Greek: Ακροκόρινθος (Akrokórinthos)
• → Latin: Ācrocorinthus

Further reading

• “Ἀκροκόρινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἀκροκόρινθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999