ἀχάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Loaned from a non-Indo-European source, possibly Semitic. The river Ἀχάτης in Sicily is probably named after the mineral.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ᾰ̓χᾱ́της • (akhā́tēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓χᾱ́του); first declension

  1. (mineralogy) agate

Declension
First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της; τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της
ho akhā́tēs		 τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ
tṑ akhā́tā		 οἱ ᾰ̓χᾶται
hoi akhâtai
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του
toû akhā́tou		 τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν
toîn akhā́tain		 τῶν ᾰ̓χᾱτῶν
tôn akhātôn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τῃ
tôi akhā́tēi		 τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν
toîn akhā́tain		 τοῖς ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταις
toîs akhā́tais
Accusative τὸν ᾰ̓χᾱ́την
tòn akhā́tēn		 τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ
tṑ akhā́tā		 τοὺς ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱς
toùs akhā́tās
Vocative ᾰ̓χᾶτᾰ
akhâta		 ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ
akhā́tā		 ᾰ̓χᾶται
akhâtai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: αχάτης (achátis)
  • → Latin: achātēs
  • → Old Georgian: აქატჱ (akaṭē)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “182”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἀχάτης

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