ἀκροβάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄκρος (ákros, “top, peak”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “walk, step”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kro.bá.tɛːs/ → /a.kroˈβa.tis/ → /a.kroˈva.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kro.bá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈba.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈβa.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈva.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈva.tis/

Noun

ἀκροβάτης • (akrobátēs) m (genitive ἀκροβάτου); first declension

1. acrobat

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀκροβάτης; τοῦ ἀκροβάτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀκροβάτης ho akrobátēs	τὼ ἀκροβάτᾱ tṑ akrobátā	οἱ ἀκροβάται hoi akrobátai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκροβάτου toû akrobátou	τοῖν ἀκροβάταιν toîn akrobátain	τῶν ἀκροβατῶν tôn akrobatôn
Dative	τῷ ἀκροβάτῃ tôi akrobátēi	τοῖν ἀκροβάταιν toîn akrobátain	τοῖς ἀκροβάταις toîs akrobátais
Accusative	τὸν ἀκροβάτην tòn akrobátēn	τὼ ἀκροβάτᾱ tṑ akrobátā	τοὺς ἀκροβάτᾱς toùs akrobátās
Vocative	ἀκροβάτᾰ akrobátă	ἀκροβάτᾱ akrobátā	ἀκροβάται akrobátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō)
• ἀκροβατικός (akrobatikós)

Descendants

• English: acrobat

Further reading

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