ἄκατος

See also: άκατος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a technical loanword. Often connected with the root of ἀκή (akḗ, “point of an iron tool”), but without any obvious reason. Winter connected it with κητήνη (kētḗnē, “vessel big as a sea-monster”), which could perhaps belong with κῆτος (kêtos, “sea-monster”) instead.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ka.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka.tos/

Noun

ἄκᾰτος • (ákătos) f (genitive ἀκᾰ́του); second declension

light vessel, boat
cup shaped like a boat

Declension

Second declension of ἡ ἄκᾰτος; τῆς ἀκᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄκᾰτος hē ákătos	τὼ ἀκᾰ́τω tṑ akắtō	αἱ ἄκᾰτοι hai ákătoi
Genitive	τῆς ἀκᾰ́του tês akắtou	τοῖν ἀκᾰ́τοιν toîn akắtoin	τῶν ἀκᾰ́των tôn akắtōn
Dative	τῇ ἀκᾰ́τῳ têi akắtōi	τοῖν ἀκᾰ́τοιν toîn akắtoin	ταῖς ἀκᾰ́τοις taîs akắtois
Accusative	τὴν ἄκᾰτον tḕn ákăton	τὼ ἀκᾰ́τω tṑ akắtō	τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾰ́τους tā̀s akắtous
Vocative	ἄκᾰτε ákăte	ἀκᾰ́τω akắtō	ἄκᾰτοι ákătoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκάτειος (akáteios)
ἀκατηνάριον (akatēnárion)
ἀκάτιον (akátion)
ἀκατίς (akatís)

Descendants

Greek: άκατος (ákatos)
→ Latin: acatus
→ Old Armenian: ակատ (akat)

“ἄκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄκατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄκατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄκατος 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