ἀχλύς

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵʰlu- (“mist, dark weather”). Cognate with Old Prussian aglo (“rain”).

ἀχλύς • (akhlús) f (genitive ἀχλύος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀχλῡ́ς akhlū́s	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlŭ́es
Genitive	ἀχλῠ́ος akhlŭ́os	ἀχλῠ́οιῐν akhlŭ́oiĭn	ἀχλῠ́ων akhlŭ́ōn
Dative	ἀχλῠ́ῐ̈ akhlŭ́ĭ̈	ἀχλῠ́οιῐν akhlŭ́oiĭn	ἀχλῠ́εσσῐ / ἀχλῠ́εσσῐν / ἀχλῠ́σῐ / ἀχλῠ́σῐν / ἀχλῠ́σσῐ / ἀχλῠ́σσῐν akhlŭ́essĭ(n) / akhlŭ́sĭ(n) / akhlŭ́ssĭ(n)
Accusative	ἀχλῡ́ν akhlū́n	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῦς / ἀχλῠ́ᾰς akhlûs / akhlŭ́ăs
Vocative	ἀχλῡ́ akhlū́	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχλῠ́ς hē akhlŭ́s	τὼ ἀχλῠ́ε tṑ akhlŭ́e	αἱ ἀχλῠ́ες hai akhlŭ́es
Genitive	τῆς ἀχλῠός tês akhlŭós	τοῖν ἀχλῠοῖν toîn akhlŭoîn	τῶν ἀχλῠῶν tôn akhlŭôn
Dative	τῇ ἀχλῠῐ̈́ têi akhlŭĭ̈́	τοῖν ἀχλῠοῖν toîn akhlŭoîn	ταῖς ἀχλῠσῐ́ / ἀχλῠσῐ́ν taîs akhlŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀχλῠ́ν tḕn akhlŭ́n	τὼ ἀχλῠ́ε tṑ akhlŭ́e	τᾱ̀ς ἀχλῦς / ἀχλῠ́ᾰς tā̀s akhlûs / akhlŭ́ăs
Vocative	ἀχλῠ́ akhlŭ́	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀχλύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀχλύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀχλύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN