ἀχλύς

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵʰlu- (“mist, dark weather”). Cognate with Old Prussian aglo (“rain”).

ἀχλύς • (akhlús) f (genitive ἀχλύος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀχλῡ́ς akhlū́s	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlúe	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlúes
Genitive	ἀχλῠ́ος akhlúos	ἀχλῠ́οιῐν akhlúoiin	ἀχλῠ́ων akhlúōn
Dative	ἀχλῠ́ῐ̈ akhlúï	ἀχλῠ́οιῐν akhlúoiin	ἀχλῠ́εσσῐ / ἀχλῠ́εσσῐν / ἀχλῠ́σῐ / ἀχλῠ́σῐν / ἀχλῠ́σσῐ / ἀχλῠ́σσῐν akhlúessi(n) / akhlúsi(n) / akhlússi(n)
Accusative	ἀχλῡ́ν akhlū́n	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlúe	ἀχλῦς / ἀχλῠ́ᾰς akhlûs / akhlúas
Vocative	ἀχλῡ́ akhlū́	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlúe	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlúes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχλῠ́ς hē akhlús	τὼ ἀχλῠ́ε tṑ akhlúe	αἱ ἀχλῠ́ες hai akhlúes
Genitive	τῆς ἀχλῠός tês akhluós	τοῖν ἀχλῠοῖν toîn akhluoîn	τῶν ἀχλῠῶν tôn akhluôn
Dative	τῇ ἀχλῠῐ̈́ têi akhluḯ	τοῖν ἀχλῠοῖν toîn akhluoîn	ταῖς ἀχλῠσῐ́ / ἀχλῠσῐ́ν taîs akhlusí(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀχλῠ́ν tḕn akhlún	τὼ ἀχλῠ́ε tṑ akhlúe	τᾱ̀ς ἀχλῦς / ἀχλῠ́ᾰς tā̀s akhlûs / akhlúas
Vocative	ἀχλῠ́ akhlú	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlúe	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlúes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀχλύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀχλύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀχλύς 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