ἀκρεμών

See also: ἀκρέμων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκρέμων (akrémōn)

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge, extreme”) +‎ -μων (-mōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kre.mɔ̌ːn/ → /a.kreˈmon/ → /a.kreˈmon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kre.mɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈmon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈmon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈmon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈmon/

Noun

ἀκρεμών • (akremṓn) m (genitive ἀκρεμόνος); third declension

1. bough, branch
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.1.9
   • 175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 4.38
   • 556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, Fragmenta 183
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 455
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 16.96
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.1101

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἀκρεμών; τοῦ ἀκρεμόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀκρεμών ho akremṓn	τὼ ἀκρεμόνε tṑ akremóne	οἱ ἀκρεμόνες hoi akremónes
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκρεμόνος toû akremónos	τοῖν ἀκρεμόνοιν toîn akremónoin	τῶν ἀκρεμόνων tôn akremónōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκρεμόνῐ tôi akremóni	τοῖν ἀκρεμόνοιν toîn akremónoin	τοῖς ἀκρεμόσῐ / ἀκρεμόσῐν toîs akremósi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀκρεμόνᾰ tòn akremóna	τὼ ἀκρεμόνε tṑ akremóne	τοὺς ἀκρεμόνᾰς toùs akremónas
Vocative	ἀκρεμών akremṓn	ἀκρεμόνε akremóne	ἀκρεμόνες akremónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκρεμονῐκός (akremonikós)

References

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