ἄκμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō. Cognates include Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman), Avestan 𐬀𐬐𐬨𐬀𐬥 (akman), Lithuanian akmuo, and English hammer.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ákmɔ͜ɔn/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ákmoːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ákmon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ákmon/

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

Noun

ἄκμων (genitive ἄκμονος) m, third declension; (akmōn)

1. anvil
2. pestle
3. head of a battering ram
4. type of wolf
5. type of eagle

Inflection

Third declension of ἄκμων, ἄκμονος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἄκμων	ἄκμονε	ἄκμονες
Genitive	ἄκμονος	ἀκμονοιν	ἀκμονων
Dative	ἄκμονῐ	ἀκμονοιν	ἄκμοσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ἄκμονᾰ	ἄκμονε	ἄκμονᾰς
Vocative	ἄκμων	ἄκμονε	ἄκμονες

References

• ἄκμων in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG