ἀκροστιχίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀκρόστιχα n pl (akróstikha)
Etymology
From ἄκρος (ákros, “at the beginning”) + στῐ́χος (stĭ́khos, “row”) + -ίς (-ís)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kros.ti.kʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kros.tiˈkʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kros.tiˈçis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kros.tiˈçis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kros.tiˈçis/
Noun
ἀκροστῐχίς • (akrostĭkhís) f (genitive ἀκροστῐχίδος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́ς hē ăkrostĭkhĭ́s |
τὼ ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δε tṑ ăkrostĭkhĭ́de |
αἱ ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δες hai ăkrostĭkhĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δος tês ăkrostĭkhĭ́dos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δοιν toîn ăkrostĭkhĭ́doin |
τῶν ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δων tôn ăkrostĭkhĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δῐ tēî ăkrostĭkhĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δοιν toîn ăkrostĭkhĭ́doin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́σῐν taîs ăkrostĭkhĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δᾰ tḕn ăkrostĭkhĭ́dă |
τὼ ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δε tṑ ăkrostĭkhĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ăkrostĭkhĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́ς ăkrostĭkhĭ́s |
ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δε ăkrostĭkhĭ́de |
ᾰ̓κροστῐχῐ́δες ăkrostĭkhĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Georgian: აკროსტიქი (aḳrosṭiki)
- → Late Latin: acrostichis
- → Dutch: acrostichon
- → Esperanto: akrostiĥo
- → Middle French: acrostiche, acrostique (learned)
- French: acrostiche
- → English: acrostic
- → Irish: acrastaic
- → Polish: akrostych
- → Serbo-Croatian: ȁkrostih
- → Bulgarian: акрости́х (akrostíh)
- → Macedonian: акростих (akrostih)
- → Russian: акрости́х (akrostíx)
Further reading
- ἀκροστιχίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκροστιχίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἀκροστιχίς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἀκροστιχίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press