ἀκεστής

Ancient Greek

From an unattested basis *ἄκος (*ákos) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix). The first element is related to Latin acus (“needle”).

ἀκεστής • (akestḗs) m (genitive ἀκεστοῦ); first declension

First declension of ὁ ἀκεστής; τοῦ ἀκεστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀκεστής ho akestḗs	τὼ ἀκεστᾱ́ tṑ akestā́	οἱ ἀκεσταί hoi akestaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκεστοῦ toû akestoû	τοῖν ἀκεσταῖν toîn akestaîn	τῶν ἀκεστῶν tôn akestôn
Dative	τῷ ἀκεστῇ tōî akestēî	τοῖν ἀκεσταῖν toîn akestaîn	τοῖς ἀκεσταῖς toîs akestaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀκεστήν tòn akestḗn	τὼ ἀκεστᾱ́ tṑ akestā́	τοὺς ἀκεστᾱ́ς toùs akestā́s
Vocative	ἀκεστᾰ́ akestắ	ἀκεστᾱ́ akestā́	ἀκεσταί akestaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From ἀκέομαι (akéomai, “to heal, cure”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

ἀκεστής • (akestḗs) m (genitive ἀκεστοῦ); first declension

First declension of ὁ ἀκεστής; τοῦ ἀκεστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀκεστής ho akestḗs	τὼ ἀκεστᾱ́ tṑ akestā́	οἱ ἀκεσταί hoi akestaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκεστοῦ toû akestoû	τοῖν ἀκεσταῖν toîn akestaîn	τῶν ἀκεστῶν tôn akestôn
Dative	τῷ ἀκεστῇ tōî akestēî	τοῖν ἀκεσταῖν toîn akestaîn	τοῖς ἀκεσταῖς toîs akestaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀκεστήν tòn akestḗn	τὼ ἀκεστᾱ́ tṑ akestā́	τοὺς ἀκεστᾱ́ς toùs akestā́s
Vocative	ἀκεστᾰ́ akestắ	ἀκεστᾱ́ akestā́	ἀκεσταί akestaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.