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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.kan.tʰos/ → /ˈa.kan.θos/ → /ˈa.kan.θos/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓́κᾰνθος • (Ákanthos) m or f (genitive Ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθου); second declension
- Acanthus (a town in Bybassus, Caria, modern-day Turkey)
- Acanthus (a city in Egypt)
- Acanthus (a city in Macedonia, Greece)
- a male given name, Acanthus, the name of multiple figures in Greek mythology
Inflection
The name can be masculine or feminine, depending on context. Only place names take a definite article, and they are feminine.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ἄκανθος 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