ἀκτηρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The explanation as a univerbation of ἀκταίνω (aktaínō, “to keep erect”) and ἐρείδω (ereídō, “to prop, support”) seems most improbable.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ak.tɛː.rís/ → /ak.tiˈris/ → /ak.tiˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ak.tɛː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ak.te̝ˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ak.tiˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ak.tiˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ak.tiˈris/

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Noun

ἀκτηρίς • (aktērís) f (genitive ἀκτηρῐ́δος); third declension

1. staff, stick
2. bar of wood supporting a chariot pole

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀκτηρῐ́ς; τῆς ἀκτηρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκτηρῐ́ς hē aktērĭ́s	τὼ ἀκτηρῐ́δε tṑ aktērĭ́de	αἱ ἀκτηρῐ́δες hai aktērĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἀκτηρῐ́δος tês aktērĭ́dos	τοῖν ἀκτηρῐ́δοιν toîn aktērĭ́doin	τῶν ἀκτηρῐ́δων tôn aktērĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀκτηρῐ́δῐ têi aktērĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἀκτηρῐ́δοιν toîn aktērĭ́doin	ταῖς ἀκτηρῐ́σῐ / ἀκτηρῐ́σῐν taîs aktērĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀκτηρῐ́δᾰ tḕn aktērĭ́dă	τὼ ἀκτηρῐ́δε tṑ aktērĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἀκτηρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s aktērĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἀκτηρῐ́ς aktērĭ́s	ἀκτηρῐ́δε aktērĭ́de	ἀκτηρῐ́δες aktērĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ἀκτηρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκτηρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκτηρίς 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