ἀκηδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kɛː.dí.aː/ → /a.ciˈði.a/ → /a.ciˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kɛː.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ke̝ˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈði.a/

Noun

ἀκηδίᾱ • (akēdíā) f (genitive ἀκηδίᾱς); first declension

1. indifference, torpor, apathy
2. weariness, exhaustion
3. neglect, disregard

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱ hē ăkēdĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăkēdĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓κηδῐ́αι hai ăkēdĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱς tês ăkēdĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓κηδῐ́αιν toîn ăkēdĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓κηδῐῶν tôn ăkēdĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾳ têi ăkēdĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓κηδῐ́αιν toîn ăkēdĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓κηδῐ́αις taîs ăkēdĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăkēdĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăkēdĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăkēdĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱ ăkēdĭ́ā	ᾰ̓κηδῐ́ᾱ ăkēdĭ́ā	ᾰ̓κηδῐ́αι ăkēdĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: acēdia

References

• “ἀκηδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press