ἀκροκώλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros, “topmost, outmost”) +‎ κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kro.kɔ̌ː.li.on/ → /a.kroˈko.li.on/ → /a.kroˈko.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kro.kɔ̌ː.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/

Noun

ἀκροκώλῐον • (akrokṓlion) n (genitive ἀκροκωλῐ́ου); second declension

1. (mostly in the plural, of animals) extremities of the body, especially snout, ears, trotters

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀκροκώλῐον; τοῦ ἀκροκωλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀκροκώλῐον tò akrokṓlion	τὼ ἀκροκωλῐ́ω tṑ akrokōlíō	τᾰ̀ ἀκροκώλῐᾰ tà akrokṓlia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκροκωλῐ́ου toû akrokōlíou	τοῖν ἀκροκωλῐ́οιν toîn akrokōlíoin	τῶν ἀκροκωλῐ́ων tôn akrokōlíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκροκωλῐ́ῳ tôi akrokōlíōi	τοῖν ἀκροκωλῐ́οιν toîn akrokōlíoin	τοῖς ἀκροκωλῐ́οις toîs akrokōlíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀκροκώλῐον tò akrokṓlion	τὼ ἀκροκωλῐ́ω tṑ akrokōlíō	τᾰ̀ ἀκροκώλῐᾰ tà akrokṓlia
Vocative	ἀκροκώλῐον akrokṓlion	ἀκροκωλῐ́ω akrokōlíō	ἀκροκώλῐᾰ akrokṓlia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκροκώλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκροκώλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκροκώλιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)