ἀκέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Participle of a hypothetical verb *ἀκέω (*akéō). Beekes relates this form to ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”), but not much is clear otherwise concerning its etymology. Not related to ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”), nor to ἄκων (ákōn, “javelin”). The alpha here is not the alpha privative ἀ- (a-).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ké.ɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈke.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈce.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈce.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈce.on/

Adjective

ἀκέων • (akéōn) m (feminine ἀκέουσᾰ, neuter ἀκέον); first/third declension

soft, silent

Declension

First and third declension of ᾰ̓κέων; ᾰ̓κέουσᾰ; ᾰ̓κέον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓κέων ăkéōn	ᾰ̓κέουσᾰ ăkéousă	ᾰ̓κέον ăkéon	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱ ăkeoúsā	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κέοντες ăkéontes	ᾰ̓κέουσαι ăkéousai	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă
Genitive	ᾰ̓κέοντος ăkéontos	ᾰ̓κεούσης ăkeoúsēs	ᾰ̓κέοντος ăkéontos	ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin	ᾰ̓κεούσαιν ăkeoúsain	ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin	ᾰ̓κεόντων ăkeóntōn	ᾰ̓κεουσῶν ăkeousôn	ᾰ̓κεόντων ăkeóntōn
Dative	ᾰ̓κέοντῐ ăkéontĭ	ᾰ̓κεούσῃ ăkeoúsēi	ᾰ̓κέοντῐ ăkéontĭ	ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin	ᾰ̓κεούσαιν ăkeoúsain	ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin	ᾰ̓κέουσῐ / ᾰ̓κέουσῐν ăkéousĭ(n)	ᾰ̓κεούσαις ăkeoúsais	ᾰ̓κέουσῐ / ᾰ̓κέουσῐν ăkéousĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă	ᾰ̓κέουσᾰν ăkéousăn	ᾰ̓κέον ăkéon	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱ ăkeoúsā	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰς ăkéontăs	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱς ăkeoúsās	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă
Vocative	ᾰ̓κέων ăkéōn	ᾰ̓κέουσᾰ ăkéousă	ᾰ̓κέον ăkéon	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱ ăkeoúsā	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κέοντες ăkéontes	ᾰ̓κέουσαι ăkéousai	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓κεόντως ăkeóntōs			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adverb

ἀκέων • (akéōn)

softly, silently

References

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, pages 50-51