ἄχυρον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Beekes: from Pre-Greek and related to ἄχωρ (ákhōr, “scurf”) (particularly, identical to the form ἄχορα (ákhora)) and to ἄχνη (ákhnē, “foam, froth”).[1] Note the Pre-Greek suffix *-ur-, similar to that in the synonym πίτῡρον (pítūron).[2] The traditional connection to ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“bran, awn”), etc., from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-, must be rejected.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄχῠρον • (ákhuron) n (genitive ἀχῠ́ρου); second declension

  1. (in the plural) chaff, bran, husks left after threshing or grinding
    Synonym: πίτυρον (píturon)
  2. (in the plural) slag from gold smelting

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄχῠρον; τοῦ ἀχῠ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἄχῠρον
tò ákhuron 		τὼ ἀχῠ́ρω
tṑ akhúrō 		τᾰ̀ ἄχῠρᾰ
tà ákhura
Genitive τοῦ ἀχῠ́ρου
toû akhúrou 		τοῖν ἀχῠ́ροιν
toîn akhúroin 		τῶν ἀχῠ́ρων
tôn akhúrōn
Dative τῷ ἀχῠ́ρῳ
tôi akhúrōi 		τοῖν ἀχῠ́ροιν
toîn akhúroin 		τοῖς ἀχῠ́ροις
toîs akhúrois
Accusative τὸ ἄχῠρον
tò ákhuron 		τὼ ἀχῠ́ρω
tṑ akhúrō 		τᾰ̀ ἄχῠρᾰ
tà ákhura
Vocative ἄχῠρον
ákhuron 		ἀχῠ́ρω
akhúrō 		ἄχῠρᾰ
ákhura
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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄχυρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 185–186
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

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