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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ᾰ̓- (a-, alpha copulativum) + κοίτη (koítē, “ bed”) + -ῐς (-is, “a woman pertaining to —”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.koi̯.tis/ → /ˈa.cy.tis/ → /ˈa.ci.tis/
Noun
ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς • (ákoitis) f (genitive ᾰ̓κοίτῐος); third declension
- (endearing) a female bedfellow, a wife
Declension
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- ᾰ̓κοίτης (akoítēs, “a bedfellow”, “a husband”)
Descendants
References
- “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄκοιτις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄκοιτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκοιτις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄκοιτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄκοιτις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.