ἄκανθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκή "thorn" + ἄνθος "flower"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ákantʰos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ákantʰos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ákanθos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ákãθos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ákaθos/

Noun

ἄκανθος (genitive ἀκάνθου) m, second declension; (akanthos)

1. The acanthus plant

Inflection

Second declension of ἄκανθος, ἀκάνθου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄκανθος	τὼ ἀκάνθω	οἱ ἄκανθοι
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκάνθου	τοῖν ἀκάνθοιν	τῶν ἀκάνθων
Dative	τῷ ἀκάνθῳ	τοῖν ἀκάνθοιν	τοῖς ἀκάνθοις
Accusative	τὸν ἄκανθον	τὼ ἀκάνθω	τοὺς ἀκάνθους
Vocative	ἄκανθε	ἀκάνθω	ἄκανθοι

Descendants

• Latin: acanthus

References

• LSJ