-άκις

See also: ἀκίς and -άκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.cis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.cis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.cis/

Suffix

-ᾰ́κῐς • (-ắkĭs)

Added to the stems of cardinal numerals, adjectives, and pronouns to form adverbs of repetition

Derived terms

Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άκις

ἑκατοντάκις

ἑξηκοντάκις

πεντάκις

πλειστάκις

πολλάκις

τετράκις

τουτάκις

References

Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 344

Greek

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek -άκις (-ákis). Related to πολλάκις (pollákis).^[1]

Suffix

-άκις • (-ákis)

Forms an adverb showing frequency:
‎εκατό (ekató, “hundred”) + ‎-άκις (-ákis) → ‎εκατοντάκις (ekatontákis, “a hundred times”)

Τα φαινόμενα πολλάκις απατούν.
Ta fainómena pollákis apatoún.
Appearances deceive many times.

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -άκις

εκατοντάκις

πολλάκις

Etymology 2

As diminutive suffix: see Usage notes at -άκης.

Suffix

-άκις • (-ákis) m

(diminutive) alternative spelling of -άκης (-ákis)

References

^ -άκις - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.