ἄκαινα
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἄκαινον (ákainon)
Etymology
[edit]Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). However, according to Beekes, it may also contain the Pre-Greek suffix -αινα, added directly to the stem ακ-
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.cɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ce.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ce.na/
Noun
[edit]ἄκαινᾰ • (ákaina) f (genitive ἀκαίνης); first declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἄκαινᾰ hē ákaina |
τὼ ἀκαίνᾱ tṑ akaínā |
αἱ ἄκαιναι hai ákainai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀκαίνης tês akaínēs |
τοῖν ἀκαίναιν toîn akaínain |
τῶν ἀκαινῶν tôn akainôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀκαίνῃ têi akaínēi |
τοῖν ἀκαίναιν toîn akaínain |
ταῖς ἀκαίναις taîs akaínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἄκαινᾰν tḕn ákainan |
τὼ ἀκαίνᾱ tṑ akaínā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκαίνᾱς tā̀s akaínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄκαινᾰ ákaina |
ἀκαίνᾱ akaínā |
ἄκαιναι ákainai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀκαινιαῖος (akainiaîos)
- ἀκαινοτόμητος (akainotómētos)
Descendants
[edit]- → Translingual: Acaena
Further reading
[edit]- “ἄκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄκαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκαινα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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
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