ἄκορος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from a same root as Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄκορος • (ákoros) f (genitive ἀκόρου); second declension

  1. sweet flag (Acorus calamus)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ἄκορος; τῆς ἀκόρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἄκορος
hē ákoros 		τὼ ἀκόρω
tṑ akórō 		αἱ ἄκοροι
hai ákoroi
Genitive τῆς ἀκόρου
tês akórou 		τοῖν ἀκόροιν
toîn akóroin 		τῶν ἀκόρων
tôn akórōn
Dative τῇ ἀκόρῳ
tēî akórōi 		τοῖν ἀκόροιν
toîn akóroin 		ταῖς ἀκόροις
taîs akórois
Accusative τὴν ἄκορον
tḕn ákoron 		τὼ ἀκόρω
tṑ akórō 		τᾱ̀ς ἀκόρους
tā̀s akórous
Vocative ἄκορε
ákore 		ἀκόρω
akórō 		ἄκοροι
ákoroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: acorus, acoros
  • → Persian: اگیر (egir), اگر (ager, eger)
    • → Kazakh: айыр (aiyr), иір (iır)
    • → Middle Armenian: ակիր (akir)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: اگیر (eğir), اگر (eğir)
    • → Uzbek: игир (igir)

References

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