ἄκοιτις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓κοίτη (akoítē)

Etymology

ᾰ̓- (a-, alpha copulativum) +‎ κοίτη (koítē, “ bed”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, “a woman pertaining to —”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς • (ákoitis) f (genitive ᾰ̓κοίτῐος); third declension

1. (endearing) a female bedfellow, a wife
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.138
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 5.169
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 684

Declension

Synonyms

• (a wife): ἄλοχος (álokhos)

Coordinate terms

• ᾰ̓κοίτης (akoítēs, “a bedfellow”, “a husband”)

Descendants

• Latin: acoetis

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.
  • bedfellow idem, page 69.
  • consort idem, page 164.
  • spouse idem, page 805.
  • wife idem, page 978.