Ἀκράγας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krá.ɡaːs/ → /aˈkra.ɣas/ → /aˈkra.ɣas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krá.ɡaːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ɡas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ɣas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ɣas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈkra.ɣas/

Proper noun

Ἀκράγᾱς • (Akrágās) m (genitive Ἀκράγαντος); third declension

1. Acragas; Agrigentum; Agrigento, Sicily

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾱς; τοῦ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾱς ho Akrágās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰντος toû Akrágantos
Dative	τῷ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰντῐ tôi Akráganti
Accusative	τὸν Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰντᾰ tòn Akráganta
Vocative	Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰν Akrágan
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀκραγαντῖνος (Akragantînos)

Descendants

• Arabic: كِرْكَنْت (kirkant), جِرْجَنْت (jirjant)
• Greek: Ακράγας (Akrágas), Ακράγαντας (Akrágantas)
• Latin: Agrigentum
  • Italian: Agrigento
  • Sicilian: Girgenti

Further reading

• Ἀκράγας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀκράγας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000