Ἀκεσίνης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Sanskrit असिक्नी (asiknī).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ke.sǐː.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.keˈsi.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ceˈsi.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ceˈsi.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ceˈsi.nis/
Proper noun
Ἀκεσίνης • (Akesínēs) m (genitive Ἀκεσίνου); first declension
- Acesines, Chenab (a river in Indian subcontinent, which flows through Pakistan and India)
- Synonym: Σανδροφάγος (Sandrophágos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἀκεσίνης ho Akesínēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἀκεσίνου toû Akesínou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἀκεσίνῃ tōî Akesínēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἀκεσίνην tòn Akesínēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀκεσίνη Akesínē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ακεσίνης (Akesínis)
- → Latin: Acesīnēs
Further reading
- Ἀκεσίνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999