ἀχερωΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Connection of -ωΐς with Lithuanian úosis (“ash tree”) is most improbable. Derivation from Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn) is a mere formal guess. The stem suggests a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.rɔː.ís/ → /a.çe.roˈis/ → /a.çe.roˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.rɔː.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰe.roˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.roˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.roˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çe.roˈis/

Noun

ἀχερωΐς • (akherōḯs) f (genitive ἀχερωΐδος); third declension

1. white poplar (Populus alba)

   Synonyms: λεύκη (leúkē), λῠ́γδη (lúgdē)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀχερωΐς; τῆς ἀχερωῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχερωΐς hē akherōḯs	τὼ ἀχερωῐ̈́δε tṑ akherōḯde	αἱ ἀχερωῐ̈́δες hai akherōḯdes
Genitive	τῆς ἀχερωῐ̈́δος tês akherōḯdos	τοῖν ἀχερωῐ̈́δοιν toîn akherōḯdoin	τῶν ἀχερωῐ̈́δων tôn akherōḯdōn
Dative	τῇ ἀχερωῐ̈́δῐ têi akherōḯdi	τοῖν ἀχερωῐ̈́δοιν toîn akherōḯdoin	ταῖς ἀχερωῐ̈́σῐ / ἀχερωῐ̈́σῐν taîs akherōḯsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀχερωῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn akherōḯda	τὼ ἀχερωῐ̈́δε tṑ akherōḯde	τᾱ̀ς ἀχερωῐ̈́δᾰς tā̀s akherōḯdas
Vocative	ἀχερωΐς akherōḯs	ἀχερωῐ̈́δε akherōḯde	ἀχερωῐ̈́δες akherōḯdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ἀχερωΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀχερωΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀχερωΐς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀχερωΐς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀχερωΐς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀχερωΐς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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