ἀχερωΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A parallelism of the ending -ωΐς with Lithuanian úosis (“ash tree”) is highly unlikely, while a derivation from Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn) is probably just folk-etymological. According to Beekes, the stem of the word rather suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.rɔː.ís/ → /a.çe.roˈis/ → /a.çe.roˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.rɔː.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.roˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.roˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.roˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çe.roˈis/

Noun

ἀχερωΐς • (akherōḯs) f (genitive ἀχερωΐδος); third declension

1. white poplar (Populus alba)

   Synonyms: λεύκη (leúkē), λῠ́γδη (lŭ́gdē)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀχερωΐς; τῆς ἀχερωῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχερωΐς hē akherōḯs	τὼ ἀχερωῐ̈́δε tṑ akherōĭ̈́de	αἱ ἀχερωῐ̈́δες hai akherōĭ̈́des
Genitive	τῆς ἀχερωῐ̈́δος tês akherōĭ̈́dos	τοῖν ἀχερωῐ̈́δοιν toîn akherōĭ̈́doin	τῶν ἀχερωῐ̈́δων tôn akherōĭ̈́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀχερωῐ̈́δῐ tēî akherōĭ̈́dĭ	τοῖν ἀχερωῐ̈́δοιν toîn akherōĭ̈́doin	ταῖς ἀχερωῐ̈́σῐ / ἀχερωῐ̈́σῐν taîs akherōĭ̈́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀχερωῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn akherōĭ̈́dă	τὼ ἀχερωῐ̈́δε tṑ akherōĭ̈́de	τᾱ̀ς ἀχερωῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s akherōĭ̈́dăs
Vocative	ἀχερωῐ̈́ akherōĭ̈́	ἀχερωῐ̈́δε akherōĭ̈́de	ἀχερωῐ̈́δες akherōĭ̈́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Further reading

• “ἀχερωΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀχερωΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀχερωΐς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀχερωΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀχερωΐς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀχερωΐς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN