ἄχυρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἀχυρός (akhurós)

Etymology

According to Beekes: from Pre-Greek and related to ἄχωρ (ákhōr, “scurf”) (particularly, identical to the form ἄχορα (ákhora)) and to ἄχνη (ákhnē, “foam, froth”).[1] Note the Pre-Greek suffix *-ur-, similar to that in the synonym πίτῡρον (pítūron).[2] The traditional connection to ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“bran, awn”), etc., from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-, must be rejected.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄχῠρον • (ákhŭron) n (genitive ἀχῠ́ρου); second declension

  1. (in the plural) chaff, bran, husks left after threshing or grinding
    Synonym: πίτυρον (píturon)
  2. (in the plural) slag from gold smelting

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄχῠρον; τοῦ ἀχῠ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἄχῠρον
tò ákhŭron 		τὼ ἀχῠ́ρω
tṑ akhŭ́rō 		τᾰ̀ ἄχῠρᾰ
tằ ákhŭră
Genitive τοῦ ἀχῠ́ρου
toû akhŭ́rou 		τοῖν ἀχῠ́ροιν
toîn akhŭ́roin 		τῶν ἀχῠ́ρων
tôn akhŭ́rōn
Dative τῷ ἀχῠ́ρῳ
tōî akhŭ́rōi 		τοῖν ἀχῠ́ροιν
toîn akhŭ́roin 		τοῖς ἀχῠ́ροις
toîs akhŭ́rois
Accusative τὸ ἄχῠρον
tò ákhŭron 		τὼ ἀχῠ́ρω
tṑ akhŭ́rō 		τᾰ̀ ἄχῠρᾰ
tằ ákhŭră
Vocative ἄχῠρον
ákhŭron 		ἀχῠ́ρω
akhŭ́rō 		ἄχῠρᾰ
ákhŭră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἀχυραγωγός (akhuragōgós)
  • ἀχυράριος (akhurários)
  • ἀχυρηγέω (akhurēgéō)
  • ἀχυρικόν (akhurikón)
  • ἀχύρινος (akhúrinos)
  • ἀχύριος (akhúrios)
  • ἀχυρῖτις (akhurîtis)
  • ἀχυρμιά (akhurmiá)
  • ἀχύρμιος (akhúrmios)
  • ἀχυρμός (akhurmós)
  • ἀχυροβολών (akhurobolṓn)
  • ἀχυροδόκη (akhurodókē)
  • ἀχυροθήκη (akhurothḗkē)
  • ἀχυροπαροξία (akhuroparoxía)
  • ἀχυροπράκτωρ (akhuropráktōr)
  • ἀχυρότριψ (akhurótrips)
  • ἀχυρόω (akhuróō)
  • ἀχυροώδης (akhuroṓdēs)
  • ἀχυροών (akhuroṓn)
  • ἀχυροώσις (akhuroṓsis)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄχυρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 185–186
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

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