Ἀκρίσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) +‎ κρίσις (krísis, “judgement, dispute”) +‎ -ος (-os, a noun stem used to designate proper nouns). Usually taken to mean "without judgement".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krí.si.os/ → /aˈkri.si.os/ → /aˈkri.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krí.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkri.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈkri.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈkri.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈkri.si.os/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓κρῐ́σῐος • (Ăkrĭ́sĭos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓κρῐ̆σῐ́ου); second declension

1. Acrisius, a mythological king of Argos

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓κρῐ́σῐος; τοῦ Ᾰ̓κρῐσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓κρῐ́σῐος ho Ăkrĭ́sĭos
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓κρῐσῐ́ου toû Ăkrĭsĭ́ou
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓κρῐσῐ́ῳ tōî Ăkrĭsĭ́ōi
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓κρῐ́σῐον tòn Ăkrĭ́sĭon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓κρῐ́σῐε Ăkrĭ́sĭe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ακρίσιος (Akrísios)
• → Latin: Acrisius

Further reading

• Ἀκρίσιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999