ἄκρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic остръ (ostrŭ), Latin ācer, Old Armenian ասեղն (asełn, “needle”) and Old English eċġ (English edge).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́κρος ákros |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κροι ákroi |
ᾰ̓́κραι ákrai |
ᾰ̓́κρᾰ ákra | |||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓́κρου ákrou |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱς ákrās |
ᾰ̓́κρου ákrou |
ᾰ̓́κροιν ákroin |
ᾰ̓́κραιν ákrain |
ᾰ̓́κροιν ákroin |
ᾰ̓́κρων ákrōn |
ᾰ̓́κρων ákrōn |
ᾰ̓́κρων ákrōn | |||||
Dative | ᾰ̓́κρῳ ákrōi |
ᾰ̓́κρᾳ ákrāi |
ᾰ̓́κρῳ ákrōi |
ᾰ̓́κροιν ákroin |
ᾰ̓́κραιν ákrain |
ᾰ̓́κροιν ákroin |
ᾰ̓́κροις ákrois |
ᾰ̓́κραις ákrais |
ᾰ̓́κροις ákrois | |||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱν ákrān |
ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρους ákrous |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱς ákrās |
ᾰ̓́κρᾰ ákra | |||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́κρε ákre |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κροι ákroi |
ᾰ̓́κραι ákrai |
ᾰ̓́κρᾰ ákra | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓́κρως ákrōs |
ᾰ̓κρότερος akróteros |
ᾰ̓κρότᾰτος akrótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́κρος ákros |
ᾰ̓́κρη ákrē |
ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κροι ákroi |
ᾰ̓́κραι ákrai |
ᾰ̓́κρᾰ ákra | |||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓́κρου / ᾰ̓κροῖο / ᾰ̓́κροιο / ᾰ̓κρόο / ᾰ̓́κροο ákrou / akroîo / ákroio / akróo / ákroo |
ᾰ̓́κρης ákrēs |
ᾰ̓́κρου / ᾰ̓κροῖο / ᾰ̓́κροιο / ᾰ̓κρόο / ᾰ̓́κροο ákrou / akroîo / ákroio / akróo / ákroo |
ᾰ̓́κροιῐν ákroiin |
ᾰ̓́κραιν / ᾰ̓́κραιῐν / ᾰ̓́κρῃῐν ákrai(i)n / ákrēiin |
ᾰ̓́κροιῐν ákroiin |
ᾰ̓́κρων ákrōn |
ᾰ̓κρᾱ́ων / ᾰ̓κρέ͜ων / ᾰ̓κρῶν akrā́ōn / akré͜ōn / akrôn |
ᾰ̓́κρων ákrōn | |||||
Dative | ᾰ̓́κρῳ ákrōi |
ᾰ̓́κρῃ ákrēi |
ᾰ̓́κρῳ ákrōi |
ᾰ̓́κροιῐν ákroiin |
ᾰ̓́κραιν / ᾰ̓́κραιῐν / ᾰ̓́κρῃῐν ákrai(i)n / ákrēiin |
ᾰ̓́κροιῐν ákroiin |
ᾰ̓́κροισῐ / ᾰ̓́κροισῐν / ᾰ̓́κροις ákroisi(n) / ákrois |
ᾰ̓́κρῃσῐ / ᾰ̓́κρῃσῐν / ᾰ̓́κρῃς / ᾰ̓́κραις ákrēisi(n) / ákrēis / ákrais |
ᾰ̓́κροισῐ / ᾰ̓́κροισῐν / ᾰ̓́κροις ákroisi(n) / ákrois | |||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρην ákrēn |
ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρους ákrous |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱς ákrās |
ᾰ̓́κρᾰ ákra | |||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́κρε ákre |
ᾰ̓́κρη ákrē |
ᾰ̓́κρον ákron |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κρᾱ ákrā |
ᾰ̓́κρω ákrō |
ᾰ̓́κροι ákroi |
ᾰ̓́κραι ákrai |
ᾰ̓́κρᾰ ákra | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓́κρως ákrōs |
ᾰ̓κρότερος akróteros |
ᾰ̓κρότᾰτος akrótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
- Ἄκραι (Ákrai)
- ἀκροκώλῐον (akrokṓlion)
- ἀκροποσθῐ́ᾱ (akroposthíā)
- Τρινακρία (Trinakría)
Related terms
- ἀκή (akḗ)
Descendants
- Greek: άκρος (ákros, “extreme”)
Further reading
- “ἄκρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄκρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄκρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄκρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄκρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- ἄκρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brim idem, page 98.
- champion idem, page 123.
- consummate idem, page 166.
- edge idem, page 261.
- extreme idem, page 298.
- extremity idem, page 298.
- finished idem, page 321.
- good idem, page 366.
- inmost idem, page 442.
- lip idem, page 494.
- master idem, page 517.
- masterly idem, page 517.
- matchless idem, page 517.
- pastmaster (in) idem, page 598.
- rim idem, page 715.
- skilful idem, page 780.
- supreme idem, page 842.
- tip idem, page 877.
- top idem, page 881.
- topmost idem, page 881.
- uppermost idem, page 938.
- verge idem, page 948.
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