ἀκάνθιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἀκᾰ́νθῐον • (akánthion) n (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου); second declension

1. cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)

   Synonym: ὀνόπορδον (onópordon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀκᾰ́νθῐον; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀκᾰ́νθῐον tò akánthion	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ akanthíō	τᾰ̀ ἀκᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà akánthia
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου toû akanthíou	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn akanthíoin	τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων tôn akanthíōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ῳ tôi akanthíōi	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn akanthíoin	τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́οις toîs akanthíois
Accusative	τὸ ἀκᾰ́νθῐον tò akánthion	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ akanthíō	τᾰ̀ ἀκᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà akánthia
Vocative	ἀκᾰ́νθῐον akánthion	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ω akanthíō	ἀκᾰ́νθῐᾰ akánthia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αγκάθι (agkáthi)

Further reading

• “ἀκάνθιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκάνθιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκάνθιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)