ἄκολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word has been confronted to Phrygian βεκος ακκαλος (bekos akkalos). A connection with Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat, consume”) does not explain the formation. A suggestion by Furnée is to connect it to κόλον (kólon, “type of food preserved in pots”). Nothing suggests an identity with ἄκυλος (ákulos, “acorn”). Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ko.los/ → /ˈa.ko.los/ → /ˈa.ko.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ko.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.los/

Noun

ἄκολος • (ákolos) m (genitive ἀκόλου); second declension

1. morsel, bit

   Synonyms: ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγος (attáragos), βλωμός (blōmós), ψῑ́ξ (psī́x), ψωμός (psōmós)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ἄκολος; τῆς ἀκόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄκολος hē ákolos	τὼ ἀκόλω tṑ akólō	αἱ ἄκολοι hai ákoloi
Genitive	τῆς ἀκόλου tês akólou	τοῖν ἀκόλοιν toîn akóloin	τῶν ἀκόλων tôn akólōn
Dative	τῇ ἀκόλῳ têi akólōi	τοῖν ἀκόλοιν toîn akóloin	ταῖς ἀκόλοις taîs akólois
Accusative	τὴν ἄκολον tḕn ákolon	τὼ ἀκόλω tṑ akólō	τᾱ̀ς ἀκόλους tā̀s akólous
Vocative	ἄκολε ákole	ἀκόλω akólō	ἄκολοι ákoloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄκολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄκολος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄκολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκολος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄκολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN