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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek Ἀκεσίνης (Akesínēs)
Borrowed from Sanskrit असिक्नी (asiknī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ke.sǐː.nɛːs/ → /a.ceˈsi.nis/ → /a.ceˈsi.nis/
Proper noun
Ἀκεσίνης • (Akesínēs) m (genitive Ἀκεσίνου); first declension
- Acesines, Chenab (a river in Indian subcontinent, which flows through Pakistan and India)
- Synonym: Σανδροφάγος (Sandrophágos)
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- Ἀκεσίνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999