ἀκή
See also: -άκη
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈci/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hellenic *akā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀκή hē akḗ |
τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́ |
αἱ ἀκαί hai akaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀκῆς tês akês |
τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn |
τῶν ἀκῶν tôn akôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀκῇ têi akêi |
τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn |
ταῖς ἀκαῖς taîs akaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀκήν tḕn akḗn |
τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾱ́ς tā̀s akā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκή akḗ |
ἀκᾱ́ akā́ |
ἀκαί akaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀκή hē akḗ |
τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́ |
αἱ ἀκαί hai akaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀκῆς tês akês |
τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn |
τῶν ἀκῶν tôn akôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀκῇ têi akêi |
τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn |
ταῖς ἀκαῖς taîs akaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀκήν tḕn akḗn |
τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾱ́ς tā̀s akā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκή akḗ |
ἀκᾱ́ akā́ |
ἀκαί akaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ἀκήν (akḗn)
Etymology 3
Probably ἀκέομαι (akéomai) + -η (-ē).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀκή hē akḗ |
τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́ |
αἱ ἀκαί hai akaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀκῆς tês akês |
τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn |
τῶν ἀκῶν tôn akôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀκῇ têi akêi |
τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn |
ταῖς ἀκαῖς taîs akaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀκήν tḕn akḗn |
τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾱ́ς tā̀s akā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκή akḗ |
ἀκᾱ́ akā́ |
ἀκαί akaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- “ἀκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκή 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
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