ἀκανθίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn; thorny bush”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς • (akanthís) f (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος); third declension

  1. groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
    Synonym: ἠριγέρων (ērigérōn)
  2. cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
  3. kind of perching bird, perhaps:
    1. goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), or
    2. siskin (Spinus spinus)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς
hē akanthís		 τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε
tṑ akanthíde		 αἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δες
hai akanthídes
Genitive τῆς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δος
tês akanthídos		 τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δοιν
toîn akanthídoin		 τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δων
tôn akanthídōn
Dative τῇ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δῐ
têi akanthídi		 τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δοιν
toîn akanthídoin		 ταῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́σῐ / ἀκᾰνθῐ́σῐν
taîs akanthísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀκᾰνθῐ́δᾰ
tḕn akanthída		 τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε
tṑ akanthíde		 τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾰνθῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s akanthídas
Vocative ἀκᾰνθῐ́ς
akanthís		 ἀκᾰνθῐ́δε
akanthíde		 ἀκᾰνθῐ́δες
akanthídes
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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