ἀκακία

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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ἀκακίαVachellia tortilis

First found from the Egyptiots Aretaios and Dioskurides, a borrowing from Coptic ⲕⲁⲕⲉ (kake), ⲕⲉⲕⲉⲓ (kekei, darkness) from Egyptian kkw (darkness), acknowledging its providing shade in the desert, with a preformative analogical to ἄκανθα (ákantha).

Noun

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ἀκᾰκίᾱ (akakíāf (genitive ἀκᾰκίᾱς); first declension (Koine)

  1. An acacia tree (tribe Acacieae).
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Descendants
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Further reading

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  • ἀκακία (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Kramer, Johannes (2010) “10. ἀκακία, ἄκανθα / acacia, acantha”, in Von der Papyrologie zur Romanistik (Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete; Beiheft 30), De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 155
  • ἀκακίαAcacia sp.”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[1] (in Spanish), 2024

Etymology 2

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From ἄκακος (ákakos, without malice), from ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ κακός (kakós, evil).

Noun

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ἀκᾰκίᾱ (akakíāf (genitive ἀκᾰκίᾱς); first declension (Attic, Koine)

  1. innocence
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