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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *aiksmā, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀏𐀭𐀔 (ai-ka-sa-ma /*aiksmans/);[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ-sm-o/eh₂-,[1] whence also Old Prussian aysmis and Lithuanian iēšmas, jiēšmas (“spit, broach”); ultimately from *h₂eyḱ- (“to sting; sharp tip, barb”), the same root as possibly Latin īcō (“I stab, sting”), Proto-Germanic *aiglaz, *aiginþs (“shoot, barb”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯kʰ.mɛ̌ː/ → /ɛxˈmi/ → /exˈmi/
Noun
αἰχμή • (aikhmḗ) f (genitive αἰχμῆς); first declension (Epic, Ionic, Attic)
- point of a spear
- head of an arrow
- (figurative) war
- (by extension) warlike spirit
Declension
Derived terms
- αἶκλοι (aîkloi, “corners of an arrow”)
- ἰκμαμένος (ikmaménos, “wounded”)
- ἰκτέα (iktéa), ἰκτέα ἀκόντιον (iktéa akóntion, “javelin”)
- (possibly) ἴκταρ (íktar, “near, close (to)”)
Descendants
Further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰχμή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 45–46
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aigla-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 9
- “αἰχμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰχμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἰχμή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰχμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰχμή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.