ἄκορος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄκορον (ákoron) — collateral

Etymology

Perhaps from a same root as Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós, *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ko.ros/ → /ˈa.ko.ros/ → /ˈa.ko.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ko.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ko.ros/

Noun

ἄκορος • (ákoros) f (genitive ἀκόρου); second declension

1. sweet flag (Acorus calamus)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ἄκορος; τῆς ἀκόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄκορος hē ákoros	τὼ ἀκόρω tṑ akórō	αἱ ἄκοροι hai ákoroi
Genitive	τῆς ἀκόρου tês akórou	τοῖν ἀκόροιν toîn akóroin	τῶν ἀκόρων tôn akórōn
Dative	τῇ ἀκόρῳ têi akórōi	τοῖν ἀκόροιν toîn akóroin	ταῖς ἀκόροις taîs akórois
Accusative	τὴν ἄκορον tḕn ákoron	τὼ ἀκόρω tṑ akórō	τᾱ̀ς ἀκόρους tā̀s akórous
Vocative	ἄκορε ákore	ἀκόρω akórō	ἄκοροι ákoroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: acorus, acoros
• → Persian: اگیر (egir), اگر (ager, eger)
  • → Kazakh: айыр (aiyr), иір (iır)
  • → Middle Armenian: ակիր (akir)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اگیر (eğir), اگر (eğir)
    • Turkish: eğir
    • → Belarusian: а́ер (ájer)
    • → Russian: аи́р (aír)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: (√ اگیر اوتی (eğir otu))

      Cyrillic script: иђѝрот, ѝђирот

      Latin script: iđìrot, ìđirot

    • → Ukrainian: а́їр (ájir), а́єр (ájer)
      • → Polish: ajer
  • → Uzbek: игир (igir)

References

• “ἄκορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄκορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκορος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄκορος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter