ἀκροκώλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros, “topmost, outmost”) +‎ κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kro.kɔ̌ː.li.on/ → /a.kroˈko.li.on/ → /a.kroˈko.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kro.kɔ̌ː.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈko.li.on/

Noun

ἀκροκώλῐον • (akrokṓlĭon) n (genitive ἀκροκωλῐ́ου); second declension

1. (mostly in the plural, of animals) extremities of the body, especially snout, ears, trotters

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀκροκώλῐον; τοῦ ἀκροκωλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀκροκώλῐον tò akrokṓlĭon	τὼ ἀκροκωλῐ́ω tṑ akrokōlĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀκροκώλῐᾰ tằ akrokṓlĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκροκωλῐ́ου toû akrokōlĭ́ou	τοῖν ἀκροκωλῐ́οιν toîn akrokōlĭ́oin	τῶν ἀκροκωλῐ́ων tôn akrokōlĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκροκωλῐ́ῳ tôi akrokōlĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἀκροκωλῐ́οιν toîn akrokōlĭ́oin	τοῖς ἀκροκωλῐ́οις toîs akrokōlĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἀκροκώλῐον tò akrokṓlĭon	τὼ ἀκροκωλῐ́ω tṑ akrokōlĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἀκροκώλῐᾰ tằ akrokṓlĭă
Vocative	ἀκροκώλῐον akrokṓlĭon	ἀκροκωλῐ́ω akrokōlĭ́ō	ἀκροκώλῐᾰ akrokṓlĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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