ἄκτινος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀκτέϊνος (aktéïnos)
Etymology
From ἀκτέα (aktéa, “elder”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ák.ti.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/
Adjective
ἄκτῐνος • (áktĭnos) m (feminine ἀκτίνη, neuter ἄκτῐνον); first/second declension
- of elder wood
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἄκτῐνος áktĭnos |
ἀκτῐ́νη aktĭ́nē |
ἄκτῐνον áktĭnon |
ἀκτῐ́νω aktĭ́nō |
ἀκτῐ́νᾱ aktĭ́nā |
ἀκτῐ́νω aktĭ́nō |
ἄκτῐνοι áktĭnoi |
ἄκτῐναι áktĭnai |
ἄκτῐνᾰ áktĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | ἀκτῐ́νου aktĭ́nou |
ἀκτῐ́νης aktĭ́nēs |
ἀκτῐ́νου aktĭ́nou |
ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktĭ́noin |
ἀκτῐ́ναιν aktĭ́nain |
ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktĭ́noin |
ἀκτῐ́νων aktĭ́nōn |
ἀκτῐ́νων aktĭ́nōn |
ἀκτῐ́νων aktĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | ἀκτῐ́νῳ aktĭ́nōi |
ἀκτῐ́νῃ aktĭ́nēi |
ἀκτῐ́νῳ aktĭ́nōi |
ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktĭ́noin |
ἀκτῐ́ναιν aktĭ́nain |
ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktĭ́noin |
ἀκτῐ́νοις aktĭ́nois |
ἀκτῐ́ναις aktĭ́nais |
ἀκτῐ́νοις aktĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | ἄκτῐνον áktĭnon |
ἀκτῐ́νην aktĭ́nēn |
ἄκτῐνον áktĭnon |
ἀκτῐ́νω aktĭ́nō |
ἀκτῐ́νᾱ aktĭ́nā |
ἀκτῐ́νω aktĭ́nō |
ἀκτῐ́νους aktĭ́nous |
ἀκτῐ́νᾱς aktĭ́nās |
ἄκτῐνᾰ áktĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | ἄκτῐνε áktĭne |
ἀκτῐ́νη aktĭ́nē |
ἄκτῐνον áktĭnon |
ἀκτῐ́νω aktĭ́nō |
ἀκτῐ́νᾱ aktĭ́nā |
ἀκτῐ́νω aktĭ́nō |
ἄκτῐνοι áktĭnoi |
ἄκτῐναι áktĭnai |
ἄκτῐνᾰ áktĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀκτῐ́νως aktĭ́nōs |
ἀκτῐνώτερος aktĭnṓteros |
ἀκτῐνώτᾰτος aktĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἄκτινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄκτινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκτινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)