ἀχαιμενίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.nís/ → /a.çɛ.meˈnis/ → /a.çe.meˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰɛ.meˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çɛ.meˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈnis/

Noun

ἀχαιμενῐ́ς • (akhaimenĭ́s) f (genitive ἀχαιμενῐ́δος); third declension

1. felty germander (Teucrium polium)

   Synonyms: ἐβενῖτῐς (ebenîtĭs), πόλῐον (pólĭon), τεύθρῐον (teúthrĭon)

2. antique spurge (Euphorbia antiquorum)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀχαιμενῐ́ς; τῆς ἀχαιμενῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχαιμενῐ́ς hē akhaimenĭ́s	τὼ ἀχαιμενῐ́δε tṑ akhaimenĭ́de	αἱ ἀχαιμενῐ́δες hai akhaimenĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἀχαιμενῐ́δος tês akhaimenĭ́dos	τοῖν ἀχαιμενῐ́δοιν toîn akhaimenĭ́doin	τῶν ἀχαιμενῐ́δων tôn akhaimenĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀχαιμενῐ́δῐ têi akhaimenĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἀχαιμενῐ́δοιν toîn akhaimenĭ́doin	ταῖς ἀχαιμενῐ́σῐ / ἀχαιμενῐ́σῐν taîs akhaimenĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀχαιμενῐ́δᾰ tḕn akhaimenĭ́dă	τὼ ἀχαιμενῐ́δε tṑ akhaimenĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἀχαιμενῐ́δᾰς tā̀s akhaimenĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἀχαιμενῐ́ς akhaimenĭ́s	ἀχαιμενῐ́δε akhaimenĭ́de	ἀχαιμενῐ́δες akhaimenĭ́des
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

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