ἄσταχυς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- στάχυς (stákhus)
Etymology
Previously connected with Proto-Germanic *stangō (“bar; rod; stake”), but most likely a Pre-Greek word in view of the prothetic vowel.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ás.ta.kʰys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈas.ta.kʰys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈas.ta.çys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈas.ta.çys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈas.ta.çis/
Noun
ἄστᾰχῠς • (ástăkhŭs) f (genitive ἀστᾰ́χῠος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἄστᾰχῠς ho ástăkhŭs |
τὼ ἀστᾰ́χῠε tṑ astắkhŭe |
οἱ ἀστᾰ́χῠες hoi astắkhŭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀστᾰ́χῠος toû astắkhŭos |
τοῖν ἀστᾰχῠ́οιν toîn astăkhŭ́oin |
τῶν ἀστᾰχῠ́ων tôn astăkhŭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀστᾰ́χῠῐ̈ / ἀστᾰ́χυι tōî astắkhŭĭ̈ / astắkhui |
τοῖν ἀστᾰχῠ́οιν toîn astăkhŭ́oin |
τοῖς ἀστᾰ́χῠσῐ / ἀστᾰ́χῠσῐν toîs astắkhŭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἄστᾰχῠν tòn ástăkhŭn |
τὼ ἀστᾰ́χῠε tṑ astắkhŭe |
τοὺς ἀστᾰ́χῡς / ἀστᾰ́χῠᾰς toùs astắkhūs / astắkhŭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄστᾰχῠ ástăkhŭ |
ἀστᾰ́χῠε astắkhŭe |
ἀστᾰ́χῠες astắkhŭes | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἄσταχυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄσταχυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσταχυς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN