Ἀκροκόρινθος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἄκρος (ákros, “tip, summit, citadel”) + Κόρινθος (Kórinthos, “Corinth”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kro.kó.rin.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kroˈko.rin.θos/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθος • (Akrokórinthos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓κροκορῐ́νθου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθος ho Akrokórinthos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓κροκορῐ́νθου toû Akrokorínthou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓κροκορῐ́νθῳ tôi Akrokorínthōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθον tòn Akrokórinthon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ᾰ̓κροκόρῐνθε Akrokórinthe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: Acrocorinth
- Greek: Ακροκόρινθος (Akrokórinthos)
- → Latin: Ācrocorinthus
Further reading
- “Ἀκροκόρινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἀκροκόρινθος 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