Ἄκις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἄκῐς • (Ákĭs) m (genitive Ἄκῐδος); third declension

  1. a river on the east coast of Sicily, that flowed from Etna now exinct.
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 1.69

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́κῐς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́κῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ᾰ̓́κῐς
ho Ắkĭs
Genitive τοῦ Ᾰ̓́κῐδος
toû Ắkĭdos
Dative τῷ Ᾰ̓́κῐδῐ
tōî Ắkĭdĭ
Accusative τὸν Ἄκῐν
tòn Ákĭn
Vocative Ἄκῐ
Ákĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Greek: Άκις (Ákis), Άκιδας (Ákidas)
  • Latin: Acis
    • → English: Acis
    • → Italian: Aci
    • Sicilian: Aci

See also

Further reading

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