ἄχυρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἀχυρός (akhurós)

Etymology

According to Beekes: from Pre-Greek and related to ἄχωρ (ákhōr, “scurf”) (particularly, identical to the form ἄχορα (ákhora)) and to ἄχνη (ákhnē, “foam, froth”).[1] Note the Pre-Greek suffix *-ur-, similar to that in the synonym πίτῡρον (pítūron).[2] The traditional connection to ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“bran, awn”), etc., from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-, must be rejected.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἄχῠρον • (ákhuron) n (genitive ἀχῠ́ρου); second declension

  1. (in the plural) chaff, bran, husks left after threshing or grinding
    Synonym: πίτυρον (píturon)
  2. (in the plural) slag from gold smelting

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἄχῠρον; τοῦ ἀχῠ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἄχῠρον
tò ákhuron		 τὼ ἀχῠ́ρω
tṑ akhúrō		 τᾰ̀ ἄχῠρᾰ
tà ákhura
Genitive τοῦ ἀχῠ́ρου
toû akhúrou		 τοῖν ἀχῠ́ροιν
toîn akhúroin		 τῶν ἀχῠ́ρων
tôn akhúrōn
Dative τῷ ἀχῠ́ρῳ
tôi akhúrōi		 τοῖν ἀχῠ́ροιν
toîn akhúroin		 τοῖς ἀχῠ́ροις
toîs akhúrois
Accusative τὸ ἄχῠρον
tò ákhuron		 τὼ ἀχῠ́ρω
tṑ akhúrō		 τᾰ̀ ἄχῠρᾰ
tà ákhura
Vocative ἄχῠρον
ákhuron		 ἀχῠ́ρω
akhúrō		 ἄχῠρᾰ
ákhura
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀχυραγωγός (akhuragōgós)
  • ἀχυράριος (akhurários)
  • ἀχυρηγέω (akhurēgéō)
  • ἀχυρικόν (akhurikón)
  • ἀχύρινος (akhúrinos)
  • ἀχύριος (akhúrios)
  • ἀχυρῖτις (akhurîtis)
  • ἀχυρμιά (akhurmiá)
  • ἀχύρμιος (akhúrmios)
  • ἀχυρμός (akhurmós)
  • ἀχυροβολών (akhurobolṓn)
  • ἀχυροδόκη (akhurodókē)
  • ἀχυροθήκη (akhurothḗkē)
  • ἀχυροπαροξία (akhuroparoxía)
  • ἀχυροπράκτωρ (akhuropráktōr)
  • ἀχυρότριψ (akhurótrips)
  • ἀχυρόω (akhuróō)
  • ἀχυροώδης (akhuroṓdēs)
  • ἀχυροών (akhuroṓn)
  • ἀχυροώσις (akhuroṓsis)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄχυρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 185–186
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

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