ακρίτης

Greek

Alternative forms

• ακρίτας (akrítas) (variant)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek ἀκρίτης (akrítēs) from ἄκρ(α) f (ákr(a), “edge”) / άκρ(η) (ákr(i)) + -ίτης (-ítis, suffix). The alternative ακρίτας (akrítas) with ending -ίτας (-ítas) is based on the Pontic dialect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkri.tis/
• Hyphenation: α‧κρί‧της

Noun

ακρίτης • (akrítis) m (plural ακρίτες)

1. frontiersman; a person who lives in the border regions
2. in Byzantium, a soldier who guarded and defended the borders of the Byzantine Empire
3. a soldier who guarded the borders of Greece

Declension

declension of ακρίτης

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	ακρίτης •	ακρίτες •
genitive	ακρίτη •	ακριτών •
accusative	ακρίτη •	ακρίτες •
vocative	ακρίτη •	ακρίτες •

Synonyms

• (frontiersman): συνοριοφύλακας m (synoriofýlakas)

Related terms

• Διγενής Ακρίτης (Digenís Akrítis) / Διγενής Ακρίτας in polytonic: Διγενῆς Ἀκρίτης / Διγενῆς Ἀκρίτας (a hero of the Acritic Songs)
• ακριτικός (akritikós, “frontier, Acritic”, adjective)

• and see: άκρη n (ákri, “end, edge”)