ἄκυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Connection with Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat, consume”) and ἄκολος (ákolos, “bit, morsel”) is improbable. It is rather a Pre-Greek word, since -υλ- is a frequent substrate suffix.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ky.los/ → /ˈa.cy.los/ → /ˈa.ci.los/

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

Noun

ἄκῠλος • (ákulos) m (genitive ἀκῠ́λου); second declension

1. (botany) acorn of holm oak
2. ornament or jewel in form of acorn

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄκῠλος; τοῦ ἀκῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄκῠλος ho ákulos	τὼ ἀκῠ́λω tṑ akúlō	οἱ ἄκῠλοι hoi ákuloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκῠ́λου toû akúlou	τοῖν ἀκῠ́λοιν toîn akúloin	τῶν ἀκῠ́λων tôn akúlōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκῠ́λῳ tôi akúlōi	τοῖν ἀκῠ́λοιν toîn akúloin	τοῖς ἀκῠ́λοις toîs akúlois
Accusative	τὸν ἄκῠλον tòn ákulon	τὼ ἀκῠ́λω tṑ akúlō	τοὺς ἀκῠ́λους toùs akúlous
Vocative	ἄκῠλε ákule	ἀκῠ́λω akúlō	ἄκῠλοι ákuloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκυλωτός (akulōtós)

Descendants

• → Latin: aculos

Further reading

• “ἄκυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄκυλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄκυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκυλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄκυλος 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