ἀκέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Participle of a hypothetical verb *ἀκέω (*akéō). Beekes relates this form to ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”), but not much is clear otherwise concerning its etymology. Not related to ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”), nor to ἄκων (ákōn, “javelin”). The alpha here is not the alpha privative ἀ- (a-).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ké.ɔːn/ → /aˈce.on/ → /aˈce.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ké.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈke.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈce.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈce.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈce.on/

Adjective

ἀκέων • (akéōn) m (feminine ἀκέουσᾰ, neuter ἀκέον); first/third declension

1. soft, silent

Declension

First and third declension of ᾰ̓κέων; ᾰ̓κέουσᾰ; ᾰ̓κέον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓κέων ăkéōn	ᾰ̓κέουσᾰ ăkéousă	ᾰ̓κέον ăkéon		ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱ ăkeoúsā	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte		ᾰ̓κέοντες ăkéontes	ᾰ̓κέουσαι ăkéousai	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă
Genitive		ᾰ̓κέοντος ăkéontos	ᾰ̓κεούσης ăkeoúsēs	ᾰ̓κέοντος ăkéontos		ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin	ᾰ̓κεούσαιν ăkeoúsain	ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin		ᾰ̓κεόντων ăkeóntōn	ᾰ̓κεουσῶν ăkeousôn	ᾰ̓κεόντων ăkeóntōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κέοντῐ ăkéontĭ	ᾰ̓κεούσῃ ăkeoúsēi	ᾰ̓κέοντῐ ăkéontĭ		ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin	ᾰ̓κεούσαιν ăkeoúsain	ᾰ̓κεόντοιν ăkeóntoin		ᾰ̓κέουσῐ / ᾰ̓κέουσῐν ăkéousĭ(n)	ᾰ̓κεούσαις ăkeoúsais	ᾰ̓κέουσῐ / ᾰ̓κέουσῐν ăkéousĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă	ᾰ̓κέουσᾰν ăkéousăn	ᾰ̓κέον ăkéon		ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱ ăkeoúsā	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte		ᾰ̓κέοντᾰς ăkéontăs	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱς ăkeoúsās	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă
Vocative		ᾰ̓κέων ăkéōn	ᾰ̓κέουσᾰ ăkéousă	ᾰ̓κέον ăkéon		ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte	ᾰ̓κεούσᾱ ăkeoúsā	ᾰ̓κέοντε ăkéonte		ᾰ̓κέοντες ăkéontes	ᾰ̓κέουσαι ăkéousai	ᾰ̓κέοντᾰ ăkéontă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓κεόντως ăkeóntōs				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adverb

ἀκέων • (akéōn)

1. softly, silently

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 50-51