-ακός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From -κός (-kós) with an added α from ā-stems and later extended to other nouns; piecewise doublet of -ηκός (-ēkós). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *-ākos (whence Old Irish -ach and Welsh -og), Latin -āx, and perhaps some cases of Proto-Germanic *-agaz (whence Old Norse -agr and Gothic -𐌰𐌲𐍃 (-ags)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈkos/
Suffix
-ᾰκός • (-ăkós) m (feminine -ᾰκή, neuter -ᾰκόν); first/second declension
- Added to noun stems to form adjectives: of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ac
- καρδίᾱ (kardíā) + -ακός (-akós) → καρδιακός (kardiakós)
- Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios) + -ακός (-akós) → Αἰγυπτιακός (Aiguptiakós)
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | -ᾰκός -ăkós |
-ᾰκή -ăkḗ |
-ᾰκόν -ăkón |
-ᾰκώ -ăkṓ |
-ᾰκᾱ́ -ăkā́ |
-ᾰκώ -ăkṓ |
-ᾰκοί -ăkoí |
-ᾰκαί -ăkaí |
-ᾰκᾰ́ -ăkắ | |||||
| Genitive | -ᾰκοῦ -ăkoû |
-ᾰκῆς -ăkês |
-ᾰκοῦ -ăkoû |
-ᾰκοῖν -ăkoîn |
-ᾰκαῖν -ăkaîn |
-ᾰκοῖν -ăkoîn |
-ᾰκῶν -ăkôn |
-ᾰκῶν -ăkôn |
-ᾰκῶν -ăkôn | |||||
| Dative | -ᾰκῷ -ăkōî |
-ᾰκῇ -ăkēî |
-ᾰκῷ -ăkōî |
-ᾰκοῖν -ăkoîn |
-ᾰκαῖν -ăkaîn |
-ᾰκοῖν -ăkoîn |
-ᾰκοῖς -ăkoîs |
-ᾰκαῖς -ăkaîs |
-ᾰκοῖς -ăkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | -ᾰκόν -ăkón |
-ᾰκήν -ăkḗn |
-ᾰκόν -ăkón |
-ᾰκώ -ăkṓ |
-ᾰκᾱ́ -ăkā́ |
-ᾰκώ -ăkṓ |
-ᾰκούς -ăkoús |
-ᾰκᾱ́ς -ăkā́s |
-ᾰκᾰ́ -ăkắ | |||||
| Vocative | -ᾰκέ -ăké |
-ᾰκή -ăkḗ |
-ᾰκόν -ăkón |
-ᾰκώ -ăkṓ |
-ᾰκᾱ́ -ăkā́ |
-ᾰκώ -ăkṓ |
-ᾰκοί -ăkoí |
-ᾰκαί -ăkaí |
-ᾰκᾰ́ -ăkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| -ᾰκῶς -ăkôs |
-ᾰκώτερος -ăkṓteros |
-ᾰκώτᾰτος -ăkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ακός
Descendants
Further reading
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part III: Formation of Words”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 858