ἀκανθίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκᾰνθα (ákăntha, “thorn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (akănthĭ́ās) m (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension

  1. spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
  2. kind of grasshopper
  3. asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
    Synonym: ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος (asphắrăgos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς
ho akănthĭ́ās 		τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ akănthĭ́ā 		οἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι
hoi akănthĭ́ai
Genitive τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου
toû akănthĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν
toîn akănthĭ́ain 		τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐῶν
tôn akănthĭôn
Dative τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾳ
tōî akănthĭ́āi 		τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν
toîn akănthĭ́ain 		τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́αις
toîs akănthĭ́ais
Accusative τὸν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱν
tòn akănthĭ́ān 		τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
tṑ akănthĭ́ā 		τοὺς ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς
toùs akănthĭ́ās
Vocative ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
akănthĭ́ā 		ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ
akănthĭ́ā 		ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι
akănthĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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