ἀκανθίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκᾰνθα (ákantha, “thorn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰí.aːs/ → /a.kanˈθi.as/ → /a.kanˈθi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈtʰi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/

Noun

ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (akanthíās) m (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension

1. spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
2. kind of grasshopper
3. asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

   Synonym: ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος (aspháragos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς ho akanthíās	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akanthíā	οἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι hoi akanthíai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου toû akanthíou	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν toîn akanthíain	τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐῶν tôn akanthiôn
Dative	τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾳ tôi akanthíāi	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν toîn akanthíain	τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́αις toîs akanthíais
Accusative	τὸν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱν tòn akanthíān	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akanthíā	τοὺς ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς toùs akanthíās
Vocative	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ akanthíā	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ akanthíā	ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι akanthíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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