ἀκίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

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Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀκίς • (akís) f (genitive ἀκίδος); third declension

  1. pointed object
    1. barb of an arrow or hook
    2. arrow, dart
    3. (figurative) stings (of desire)
      1. (in the plural) sharp, acute pains
  2. surgical bandage

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀκῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀκῐ́ς
hē akís		 τὼ ἀκῐ́δε
tṑ akíde		 αἱ ἀκῐ́δες
hai akídes
Genitive τῆς ἀκῐ́δος
tês akídos		 τοῖν ἀκῐ́δοιν
toîn akídoin		 τῶν ἀκῐ́δων
tôn akídōn
Dative τῇ ἀκῐ́δῐ
têi akídi		 τοῖν ἀκῐ́δοιν
toîn akídoin		 ταῖς ἀκῐ́σῐ / ἀκῐ́σῐν
taîs akísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀκῐ́δᾰ
tḕn akída		 τὼ ἀκῐ́δε
tṑ akíde		 τᾱ̀ς ἀκῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s akídas
Vocative ἀκῐ́ς
akís		 ἀκῐ́δε
akíde		 ἀκῐ́δες
akídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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