ἀκτή

See also: ακτή

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 10 September 2013

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.tɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /akˈte̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /akˈti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /akˈti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /akˈti/

Etymology 1

Unclear. Derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) is possible according to Frisk, but if Furnée is right in comparing this word with ὄχθη (ókhthē, “riverbank”), it could be a Pre-Greek word.

Noun

ἀκτή • (aktḗ) f (genitive ἀκτῆς); first declension

headland, cape, promontory
- Sophocles, Trachiniae, 237-238 (Sir Richard Jebb, 1892 translation)
  ἀκτή τις ἔστ’ Εὐβοιίς, ἔνθ’ ὁρίζεται
  βωμοὺς τέλη τ’ ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί.
  aktḗ tis ést’ Euboiís, énth’ horízetai
  bōmoùs télē t’ énkarpa Kēnaíōi Dií.
  There is a headland of Euboea, where to Cenaean Zeus he marks out altars and fruitful ground in tribute.
any raised place
- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 721 (Herbert Weir Smyth, 1926 translation)
  ὦ πότνια χθὼν καὶ πότνι’ ἀκτὴ
  χώματος […]
  ô pótnia khthṑn kaì pótni’ aktḕ
  khṓmatos […]
  O hallowed earth, and hallowed barrow raised high

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκτή; τῆς ἀκτῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκτή hē aktḗ	τὼ ἀκτᾱ́ tṑ aktā́	αἱ ἀκταί hai aktaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀκτῆς tês aktês	τοῖν ἀκταῖν toîn aktaîn	τῶν ἀκτῶν tôn aktôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκτῇ têi aktêi	τοῖν ἀκταῖν toîn aktaîn	ταῖς ἀκταῖς taîs aktaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀκτήν tḕn aktḗn	τὼ ἀκτᾱ́ tṑ aktā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀκτᾱ́ς tā̀s aktā́s
Vocative	ἀκτή aktḗ	ἀκτᾱ́ aktā́	ἀκταί aktaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ακτή (aktí)

Etymology 2

Unclear. Perhaps the same as etymology 1.

Noun

ἀκτή • (aktḗ) f (genitive ἀκτῆς); first declension (singular only, uncountable)

(poetic) corn (grains of cereal crops)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.630–631:
  χάλκειον κάνεον, ἐπὶ δὲ κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον,
  ἠδὲ μέλι χλωρόν, παρὰ δ’ ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτήν,
  […] khálkeion káneon, epì dè krómuon potôi ópson,
  ēdè méli khlōrón, parà d’ alphítou hieroû aktḗn, […]
  1898 translation by Samuel Butler
  a vessel of bronze and an onion to give relish to the drink,
  with honey and cakes of barley-meal.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκτή; τῆς ἀκτῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ἀκτή hē aktḗ
Genitive	τῆς ἀκτῆς tês aktês
Dative	τῇ ἀκτῇ têi aktêi
Accusative	τὴν ἀκτήν tḕn aktḗn
Vocative	ἀκτή aktḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἀκτή

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

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