ἀκαρής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ κάρ- (kár-), zero-grade of the root of κείρω (keírō, “to cut hair”), +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.rɛ̌ːs/ → /a.kaˈris/ → /a.kaˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ka.rɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈris/

Adjective

ἀκαρής • (akarḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκαρές); third declension

1. (of hair) too short to be cut
2. (in general, especially of time) very short

Inflection

Third declension of ἀκαρής; ἀκαρές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀκαρής akarḗs	ἀκαρές akarés		ἀκαρεῖ akareî	ἀκαρεῖ akareî		ἀκαρεῖς akareîs	ἀκαρῆ akarê
Genitive		ἀκαροῦς akaroûs	ἀκαροῦς akaroûs		ἀκαροῖν akaroîn	ἀκαροῖν akaroîn		ἀκαρῶν akarôn	ἀκαρῶν akarôn
Dative		ἀκαρεῖ akareî	ἀκαρεῖ akareî		ἀκαροῖν akaroîn	ἀκαροῖν akaroîn		ἀκαρέσῐ / ἀκαρέσῐν akarési(n)	ἀκαρέσῐ / ἀκαρέσῐν akarési(n)
Accusative		ἀκαρῆ akarê	ἀκαρές akarés		ἀκαρεῖ akareî	ἀκαρεῖ akareî		ἀκαρεῖς akareîs	ἀκαρῆ akarê
Vocative		ἀκαρές akarés	ἀκαρές akarés		ἀκαρεῖ akareî	ἀκαρεῖ akareî		ἀκαρεῖς akareîs	ἀκαρῆ akarê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκαρῶς akarôs			ἀκαρέστερος akarésteros			ἀκαρέστᾰτος akaréstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀκαρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκαρής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκαρής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκαρής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)