ἀχάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Loaned from a non-Indo-European source, possibly Semitic (compare Aramaic עקיק). The river Ἀχάτης in Sicily is probably named after the mineral.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰǎː.tɛːs/ → /aˈxa.tis/ → /aˈxa.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰǎː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰa.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈxa.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈxa.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈxa.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓χᾱ́της • (akhā́tēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓χᾱ́του); first declension

1. (mineralogy) agate

Declension

First declension of ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της; τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓χᾱ́της ho akhā́tēs	τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ tṑ akhā́tā	οἱ ᾰ̓χᾶται hoi akhâtai
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓χᾱ́του toû akhā́tou	τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν toîn akhā́tain	τῶν ᾰ̓χᾱτῶν tôn akhātôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τῃ tôi akhā́tēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταιν toîn akhā́tain	τοῖς ᾰ̓χᾱ́ταις toîs akhā́tais
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓χᾱ́την tòn akhā́tēn	τὼ ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ tṑ akhā́tā	τοὺς ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱς toùs akhā́tās
Vocative	ᾰ̓χᾶτᾰ akhâta	ᾰ̓χᾱ́τᾱ akhā́tā	ᾰ̓χᾶται akhâtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αχάτης (achátis)
• → Latin: achātēs
  • Catalan: àgata
  • French: agate
  • Italian: agata
  • Portuguese: ágata
  • Spanish: ágata
  • → English: agate
  • → Irish: agáit
• → Middle Armenian: ագաթէս (agatʻēs), ագադէս (agadēs)
• → Old Armenian: ակատ (akat)
• → Old Georgian: აქატჱ (akaṭē)
  • Georgian: აქატი (akaṭi)

Further reading

• “ἀχάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀχάτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)