ἀκανθίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκᾰνθα (ákantha, “thorn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (akanthíās) m (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension

  1. spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
  2. kind of grasshopper
  3. asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
    Synonym: ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος (aspháragos)

Inflection
First declension of ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς
ho akanthíās		 τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ akanthíā		 οἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι
hoi akanthíai
Genitive τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου
toû akanthíou		 τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν
toîn akanthíain		 τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐῶν
tôn akanthiôn
Dative τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾳ
tôi akanthíāi		 τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν
toîn akanthíain		 τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́αις
toîs akanthíais
Accusative τὸν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱν
tòn akanthíān		 τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ akanthíā		 τοὺς ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς
toùs akanthíās
Vocative ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
akanthíā		 ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
akanthíā		 ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι
akanthíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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