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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is similar to βελόνη (belónē) and περόνη (perónē). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), like ἀκή (akḗ), ἀκμή (akmḗ) and ἄκρος (ákros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kó.nɛː/ → /aˈko.ni/ → /aˈko.ni/
Noun
ἀκόνη • (akónē) f (genitive ἀκόνης); first declension
- whetstone, hone
- Synonym: θηγᾰ́νη (thēgánē)
- (anatomy) part of the tragus
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References
- “ἀκόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκόνη 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