ἀκόντιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκων (ákōn, “javelin”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kón.ti.on/ → /aˈkon.ti.on/ → /aˈkon.di.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kón.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkon.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈkon.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈkon.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈkon.di.on/

Noun

ἀκόντῐον • (akóntion) n (genitive ἀκοντῐ́ου); second declension

1. javelin

   Synonym: σαύνιον (saúnion)

2. (in the plural) javelin exercise

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀκόντῐον; τοῦ ἀκοντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀκόντῐον tò akóntion	τὼ ἀκοντῐ́ω tṑ akontíō	τᾰ̀ ἀκόντῐᾰ tà akóntia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκοντῐ́ου toû akontíou	τοῖν ἀκοντῐ́οιν toîn akontíoin	τῶν ἀκοντῐ́ων tôn akontíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκοντῐ́ῳ tôi akontíōi	τοῖν ἀκοντῐ́οιν toîn akontíoin	τοῖς ἀκοντῐ́οις toîs akontíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀκόντῐον tò akóntion	τὼ ἀκοντῐ́ω tṑ akontíō	τᾰ̀ ἀκόντῐᾰ tà akóntia
Vocative	ἀκόντῐον akóntion	ἀκοντῐ́ω akontíō	ἀκόντῐᾰ akóntia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: acontia

Further reading

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