ἀκτίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀκτῑ́ν (aktī́n)
Etymology
Compared with Sanskrit अक्तु (aktu, “beam, ray”)[1][2].
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aːk.tǐːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /akˈtis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /akˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /akˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /akˈtis/
Noun
ἀκτῑ́ς • (aktī́s) f (genitive ἀκτῖνος); third declension
- ray, beam
- (figuratively) brightness, splendor
- spoke (of a wheel)
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀκτῑ́ς hē aktī́s |
τὼ ἀκτῖνε tṑ aktîne |
αἱ ἀκτῖνες hai aktînes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀκτῖνος tês aktînos |
τοῖν ἀκτῑ́νοιν toîn aktī́noin |
τῶν ἀκτῑ́νων tôn aktī́nōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀκτῖνῐ têi aktîni |
τοῖν ἀκτῑ́νοιν toîn aktī́noin |
ταῖς ἀκτῖσῐ / ἀκτῖσῐν taîs aktîsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀκτῖνᾰ tḕn aktîna |
τὼ ἀκτῖνε tṑ aktîne |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκτῖνᾰς tā̀s aktînas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀκτῑ́ς aktī́s |
ἀκτῖνε aktîne |
ἀκτῖνες aktînes | ||||||||||
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References
- ^ 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
- ^ Adams & Mallory (2006): The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World, p. 306
Further reading
- “ἀκτίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκτίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀκτίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀκτίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκτίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀκτίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀκτίς”, 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.