ἀκιρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Frisk, probably related to ἀκιδνός (akidnós, “weak, small”).

Alternative forms

• ἄκιρος (ákiros) — Aeolic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/ → /a.ciˈros/ → /a.ciˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/

Adjective

ἀκῐρός • (akĭrós) m or f (neuter ἀκῐρόν); second declension

1. weak, feeble

Declension

Second declension of ἀκῐρός; ἀκῐρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀκῐρός akĭrós	ἀκῐρόν akĭrón		ἀκῐρώ akĭrṓ	ἀκῐρώ akĭrṓ		ἀκῐροί akĭroí	ἀκῐρᾰ́ akĭrắ
Genitive		ἀκῐροῦ akĭroû	ἀκῐροῦ akĭroû		ἀκῐροῖν akĭroîn	ἀκῐροῖν akĭroîn		ἀκῐρῶν akĭrôn	ἀκῐρῶν akĭrôn
Dative		ἀκῐρῷ akĭrôi	ἀκῐρῷ akĭrôi		ἀκῐροῖν akĭroîn	ἀκῐροῖν akĭroîn		ἀκῐροῖς akĭroîs	ἀκῐροῖς akĭroîs
Accusative		ἀκῐρόν akĭrón	ἀκῐρόν akĭrón		ἀκῐρώ akĭrṓ	ἀκῐρώ akĭrṓ		ἀκῐρούς akĭroús	ἀκῐρᾰ́ akĭrắ
Vocative		ἀκῐρέ akĭré	ἀκῐρόν akĭrón		ἀκῐρώ akĭrṓ	ἀκῐρώ akĭrṓ		ἀκῐροί akĭroí	ἀκῐρᾰ́ akĭrắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκῐρῶς akĭrôs			ἀκῐρώτερος akĭrṓteros			ἀκῐρώτᾰτος akĭrṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκιρῶς (akirôs)

Etymology 2

Unknown. Not related to the adjective.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/ → /a.ciˈros/ → /a.ciˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ki.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈros/

Noun

ἀκιρός • (akirós)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: βορρᾶς (borrhâs, “north wind”).

Further reading

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