ἀκρωτήριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A derivative of ἄκρος (ákros).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.krɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kroˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kroˈti.ri.on/
Noun
ἀκρωτήρῐον • (akrōtḗrion) n (genitive ἀκρωτηρίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἀκρωτήρῐον tò akrōtḗrion |
τὼ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ω tṑ akrōtēríō |
τᾰ̀ ἀκρωτήρῐᾰ tà akrōtḗria | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ου toû akrōtēríou |
τοῖν ἀκρωτηρῐ́οιν toîn akrōtēríoin |
τῶν ἀκρωτηρῐ́ων tôn akrōtēríōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ῳ tôi akrōtēríōi |
τοῖν ἀκρωτηρῐ́οιν toîn akrōtēríoin |
τοῖς ἀκρωτηρῐ́οις toîs akrōtēríois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἀκρωτήρῐον tò akrōtḗrion |
τὼ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ω tṑ akrōtēríō |
τᾰ̀ ἀκρωτήρῐᾰ tà akrōtḗria | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκρωτήρῐον akrōtḗrion |
ἀκρωτηρῐ́ω akrōtēríō |
ἀκρωτήρῐᾰ akrōtḗria | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ακρωτήριο (akrotírio)
- → Latin: acrōtērium
- → English: acroterium
- → Polish: akroterium
- →⇒ English: acroteric
Further reading
- ἀκρωτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκρωτήριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀκρωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκρωτήριον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cape idem, page 111.
- foreland idem, page 336.
- headland idem, page 391.
- point idem, page 623.
- promontory idem, page 653.
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