ἄχθος

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See also: άχθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄχθομαι (ákhthomai, “to be loaded”) +‎ -ος (-os), which is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edʰǵʰ- (“to squeeze, (op)press”), the same root of Hittite (ḫatk-, “to shut, close”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄχθος • (ákhthos) n (genitive ἄχθεος); third declension

  1. burden, load, weight
    Synonyms: γόμος (gómos), φορτῐ́ον (phortĭ́on)
  2. load of grief, sorrow

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́χθος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́χθεος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓́χθος
tò ắkhthos 		τὼ ᾰ̓́χθεε
tṑ ắkhthee 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́χθεᾰ
tằ ắkhtheă
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓́χθεος
toû ắkhtheos 		τοῖν ᾰ̓χθέοιν
toîn ăkhthéoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓χθέων
tôn ăkhthéōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓́χθεῐ̈
tôi ắkhtheĭ̈ 		τοῖν ᾰ̓χθέοιν
toîn ăkhthéoin 		τοῖς ᾰ̓́χθεσῐ / ᾰ̓́χθεσῐν
toîs ắkhthesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓́χθος
tò ắkhthos 		τὼ ᾰ̓́χθεε
tṑ ắkhthee 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́χθεᾰ
tằ ắkhtheă
Vocative ᾰ̓́χθος
ắkhthos 		ᾰ̓́χθεε
ắkhthee 		ᾰ̓́χθεᾰ
ắkhtheă
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greek: άχθος (áchthos)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄχθομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183

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