ἀχάτης

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Loaned from a non-Indo-European source, possibly Semitic. The river Ἀχάτης in Sicily is probably named after the mineral.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓χᾱ́της • (akhā́tēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓χᾱ́του); first declension

  1. (mineralogy) agate

Declension

First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της; τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της
ho akhā́tēs 		τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ
tṑ akhā́tā 		οἱ ᾰ̓χᾶται
hoi akhâtai
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του
toû akhā́tou 		τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν
toîn akhā́tain 		τῶν ᾰ̓χᾱτῶν
tôn akhātôn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τῃ
tôi akhā́tēi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν
toîn akhā́tain 		τοῖς ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταις
toîs akhā́tais
Accusative τὸν ᾰ̓χᾱ́την
tòn akhā́tēn 		τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ
tṑ akhā́tā 		τοὺς ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱς
toùs akhā́tās
Vocative ᾰ̓χᾶτᾰ
akhâta 		ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ
akhā́tā 		ᾰ̓χᾶται
akhâtai
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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “182”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page ἀχάτης

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