ὀξυάκανθα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὀξυάκανθος (oxuákanthos)
Etymology
From ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “sharp”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sy.á.kan.tʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ok.syˈa.kan.tʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ok.syˈa.kan.θa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ok.syˈa.kan.θa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ok.siˈa.kan.θa/
Noun
ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰ • (oxŭắkanthă) f (genitive ὀξῠᾰκάνθης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰ hē oxŭắkanthă |
τὼ ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ oxŭăkánthā |
αἱ ὀξῠᾰ́κανθαι hai oxŭắkanthai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὀξῠᾰκάνθης tês oxŭăkánthēs |
τοῖν ὀξῠᾰκάνθαιν toîn oxŭăkánthain |
τῶν ὀξῠᾰκανθῶν tôn oxŭăkanthôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὀξῠᾰκάνθῃ tēî oxŭăkánthēi |
τοῖν ὀξῠᾰκάνθαιν toîn oxŭăkánthain |
ταῖς ὀξῠᾰκάνθαις taîs oxŭăkánthais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰν tḕn oxŭắkanthăn |
τὼ ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ oxŭăkánthā |
τᾱ̀ς ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱς tā̀s oxŭăkánthās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰ oxŭắkanthă |
ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱ oxŭăkánthā |
ὀξῠᾰ́κανθαι oxŭắkanthai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Renaissance Latin: oxyacantha, oxyacanthus
References
- “ὀξυάκανθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀξυάκανθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ὀξυάκανθα – Cotoneaster pyracantha”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[1] (in Spanish), 2025