ἀκραής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from ἄκρος (ákros, “extreme”) + ἄημι (áēmi, “I breathe, blow”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kraː.ɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kraˈe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kraˈis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kraˈis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kraˈis/
Adjective
ἀκρᾱής • (akrāḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκρᾱές); third declension
- (of wind) blowing strongly or favourably
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀκρᾱής akrāḗs |
ἀκρᾱές akrāés |
ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱεῖς akrāeîs |
ἀκρᾱῆ akrāê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀκρᾱοῦς akrāoûs |
ἀκρᾱοῦς akrāoûs |
ἀκρᾱοῖν akrāoîn |
ἀκρᾱοῖν akrāoîn |
ἀκρᾱῶν akrāôn |
ἀκρᾱῶν akrāôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱοῖν akrāoîn |
ἀκρᾱοῖν akrāoîn |
ἀκρᾱέσῐ / ἀκρᾱέσῐν akrāésĭ(n) |
ἀκρᾱέσῐ / ἀκρᾱέσῐν akrāésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀκρᾱῆ akrāê |
ἀκρᾱές akrāés |
ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱεῖς akrāeîs |
ἀκρᾱῆ akrāê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκρᾱές akrāés |
ἀκρᾱές akrāés |
ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱεῖ akrāeî |
ἀκρᾱεῖς akrāeîs |
ἀκρᾱῆ akrāê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀκρᾱῶς akrāôs |
ἀκρᾱέστερος akrāésteros |
ἀκρᾱέστᾰτος akrāéstătos | ||||||||||||
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