ἀκάνθινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “any thorny shrub”) +‎ -ῐνος (-ĭnos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kán.tʰi.nos/ → /aˈkan.θi.nos/ → /aˈkan.θi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kán.tʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkan.tʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈkan.θi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈkan.θi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈkan.θi.nos/

Adjective

ἀκάνθῐνος • (akánthĭnos) m (feminine ἀκανθῐ́νη, neuter ἀκάνθῐνον); first/second declension

1. thorny, prickly, of thorns
2. of shittah wood

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀκάνθῐνος; ἀκανθῐ́νη; ἀκάνθῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀκάνθῐνος akánthĭnos	ἀκανθῐ́νη akanthĭ́nē	ἀκάνθῐνον akánthĭnon		ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthĭ́nō	ἀκανθῐ́νᾱ akanthĭ́nā	ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthĭ́nō		ἀκάνθῐνοι akánthĭnoi	ἀκάνθῐναι akánthĭnai	ἀκάνθῐνᾰ akánthĭnă
Genitive		ἀκανθῐ́νου akanthĭ́nou	ἀκανθῐ́νης akanthĭ́nēs	ἀκανθῐ́νου akanthĭ́nou		ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthĭ́noin	ἀκανθῐ́ναιν akanthĭ́nain	ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthĭ́noin		ἀκανθῐ́νων akanthĭ́nōn	ἀκανθῐ́νων akanthĭ́nōn	ἀκανθῐ́νων akanthĭ́nōn
Dative		ἀκανθῐ́νῳ akanthĭ́nōi	ἀκανθῐ́νῃ akanthĭ́nēi	ἀκανθῐ́νῳ akanthĭ́nōi		ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthĭ́noin	ἀκανθῐ́ναιν akanthĭ́nain	ἀκανθῐ́νοιν akanthĭ́noin		ἀκανθῐ́νοις akanthĭ́nois	ἀκανθῐ́ναις akanthĭ́nais	ἀκανθῐ́νοις akanthĭ́nois
Accusative		ἀκάνθῐνον akánthĭnon	ἀκανθῐ́νην akanthĭ́nēn	ἀκάνθῐνον akánthĭnon		ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthĭ́nō	ἀκανθῐ́νᾱ akanthĭ́nā	ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthĭ́nō		ἀκανθῐ́νους akanthĭ́nous	ἀκανθῐ́νᾱς akanthĭ́nās	ἀκάνθῐνᾰ akánthĭnă
Vocative		ἀκάνθῐνε akánthĭne	ἀκανθῐ́νη akanthĭ́nē	ἀκάνθῐνον akánthĭnon		ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthĭ́nō	ἀκανθῐ́νᾱ akanthĭ́nā	ἀκανθῐ́νω akanthĭ́nō		ἀκάνθῐνοι akánthĭnoi	ἀκάνθῐναι akánthĭnai	ἀκάνθῐνᾰ akánthĭnă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀκανθῐ́νως akanthĭ́nōs				ἀκανθῐνώτερος akanthĭnṓteros				ἀκανθῐνώτᾰτος akanthĭnṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκάνθινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκάνθινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκάνθινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)