αἰχμή

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *aiksmā, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀏𐀭𐀔 (ai-ka-sa-ma /⁠*aiksmans⁠/);[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ-sm-o/eh₂-,[1] whence also Old Prussian aysmis and Lithuanian iēšmas, jiēšmas (“spit, broach”); ultimately from *h₂eyḱ- (“to sting; sharp tip, barb”), the same root as possibly Latin īcō (“I stab, sting”), Proto-Germanic *aiglaz, *aiginþs (“shoot, barb”).[2]

αἰχμή • (aikhmḗ) f (genitive αἰχμῆς); first declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic)

First declension of ἡ αἰχμή; τῆς αἰχμῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰχμή hē aikhmḗ	τὼ αἰχμᾱ́ tṑ aikhmā́	αἱ αἰχμαί hai aikhmaí
Genitive	τῆς αἰχμῆς tês aikhmês	τοῖν αἰχμαῖν toîn aikhmaîn	τῶν αἰχμῶν tôn aikhmôn
Dative	τῇ αἰχμῇ têi aikhmêi	τοῖν αἰχμαῖν toîn aikhmaîn	ταῖς αἰχμαῖς taîs aikhmaîs
Accusative	τὴν αἰχμήν tḕn aikhmḗn	τὼ αἰχμᾱ́ tṑ aikhmā́	τᾱ̀ς αἰχμᾱ́ς tā̀s aikhmā́s
Vocative	αἰχμή aikhmḗ	αἰχμᾱ́ aikhmā́	αἰχμαί aikhmaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰχμή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 45–46
Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aigla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 9

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“αἰχμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“αἰχμή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
αἰχμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἰχμή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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