ἀκίς

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See also: -άκης, -άκις, Ἄκις, and Ἆκις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀκίς • (akís) f (genitive ἀκίδος); third declension

  1. pointed object
    1. barb of an arrow or hook
    2. arrow, dart
    3. (figurative) stings (of desire)
      1. (in the plural) sharp, acute pains
  2. surgical bandage

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀκῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀκῐ́ς
hē akís 		τὼ ἀκῐ́δε
tṑ akíde 		αἱ ἀκῐ́δες
hai akídes
Genitive τῆς ἀκῐ́δος
tês akídos 		τοῖν ἀκῐ́δοιν
toîn akídoin 		τῶν ἀκῐ́δων
tôn akídōn
Dative τῇ ἀκῐ́δῐ
têi akídi 		τοῖν ἀκῐ́δοιν
toîn akídoin 		ταῖς ἀκῐ́σῐ / ἀκῐ́σῐν
taîs akísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀκῐ́δᾰ
tḕn akída 		τὼ ἀκῐ́δε
tṑ akíde 		τᾱ̀ς ἀκῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s akídas
Vocative ἀκῐ́ς
akís 		ἀκῐ́δε
akíde 		ἀκῐ́δες
akídes
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