ἀκροβάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἄκρος (ákros, “top, peak”) + βαίνω (baínō, “walk, step”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kro.bá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kroˈba.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈβa.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kroˈva.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kroˈva.tis/
Noun
ἀκροβάτης • (akrobátēs) m (genitive ἀκροβάτου); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀκροβάτης ho akrobátēs |
τὼ ἀκροβάτᾱ tṑ akrobátā |
οἱ ἀκροβάται hoi akrobátai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀκροβάτου toû akrobátou |
τοῖν ἀκροβάταιν toîn akrobátain |
τῶν ἀκροβατῶν tôn akrobatôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀκροβάτῃ tōî akrobátēi |
τοῖν ἀκροβάταιν toîn akrobátain |
τοῖς ἀκροβάταις toîs akrobátais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀκροβάτην tòn akrobátēn |
τὼ ἀκροβάτᾱ tṑ akrobátā |
τοὺς ἀκροβάτᾱς toùs akrobátās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκροβάτᾰ akrobátă |
ἀκροβάτᾱ akrobátā |
ἀκροβάται akrobátai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō)
- ἀκροβατικός (akrobatikós)
Descendants
- English: acrobat
Further reading
- “ἀκροβάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκροβάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκροβάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)