Ἀκράγας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly Pre-Greek. Compare the morphology of Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς (Gígās).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.krá.ɡaːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ɡas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ɣas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ɣas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈkra.ɣas/
Proper noun
Ἀκράγᾱς • (Akrágās) m (genitive Ἀκράγαντος); third declension
- Acragas; Agrigentum; Agrigento, Sicily
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾱς ho Akrágās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰντος toû Akrágantos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰντῐ tôi Akráganti | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰντᾰ tòn Akráganta | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀκρᾰ́γᾰν Akrágan | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀκραγαντῖνος (Akragantînos)
Descendants
- Arabic: كِرْكَنْت (kirkant), جِرْجَنْت (jirjant)
- Greek: Ακράγας (Akrágas), Ακράγαντας (Akrágantas)
- Latin: Agrigentum
Further reading
- Ἀκράγας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Ἀκράγας”, 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, page 1,000