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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). However, according to Beekes, it may also contain the Pre-Greek suffix -αινα, added directly to the stem ακ-
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.kai̯.na/ → /ˈa.cɛ.na/ → /ˈa.ce.na/
Noun
ἄκαινᾰ • (ákaina) f (genitive ἀκαίνης); first declension
- spike, prick, goad
- ten foot rod, used as a measure
- square measure of 100 ft used in Egypt
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Further reading
- “ἄκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄκαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκαινα 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