ἀκακία

See also: ακακία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.kí.aː/ → /a.kaˈci.a/ → /a.kaˈci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ka.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈci.a/

Etymology 1

From ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).

Noun

ἀκᾰκίᾱ • (akakíā) f (genitive ἀκᾰκίᾱς); first declension (Koine)

1. An acacia tree (tribe Acacieae).

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱ hē akakíā	αἱ ἀκᾰκῐ́αι hai akakíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱς tês akakíās	τῶν ἀκᾰκῐῶν tôn akakiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾳ têi akakíāi	ταῖς ἀκᾰκῐ́αις taîs akakíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱν tḕn akakíān	τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱς tā̀s akakíās
Vocative	ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱ akakíā	ἀκᾰκῐ́αι akakíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκακία (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ἀκᾰκίᾱ • (akakíā) f (genitive ἀκᾰκίᾱς); first declension (Attic, Koine)

1. innocence

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱ hē akakíā
Genitive	τῆς ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱς tês akakíās
Dative	τῇ ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾳ têi akakíāi
Accusative	τὴν ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱν tḕn akakíān
Vocative	ἀκᾰκῐ́ᾱ akakíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκᾰκία (B)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκακία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκακία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀκακία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀκακία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften