ἄκμων

See also: άκμων and ακμών

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō. Cognates include Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman), Avestan 𐬀𐬐𐬨𐬀𐬥 (akman), Lithuanian akmuo, and English hammer.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ák.mɔːn/ → /ˈak.mon/ → /ˈak.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ák.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/

Noun

ἄκμων • (ákmōn) m (genitive ἄκμονος); third declension

1. (mineralogy) meteoric stone
2. anvil

   Synonym: μύδρος (múdros)

3. (in Cyprus) pestle

   Synonyms: ἀλετρίβανος (aletríbanos), δοῖδυξ (doîdux), κόπανον (kópanon), λᾰ́κτῐς (láktis), ναγεύς (nageús), ὕπερος (húperos)

4. head of a battering ram

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἄκμων; τοῦ ἄκμονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄκμων ho ákmōn	τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone	οἱ ἄκμονες hoi ákmones
Genitive	τοῦ ἄκμονος toû ákmonos	τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin	τῶν ἀκμόνων tôn akmónōn
Dative	τῷ ἄκμονῐ tôi ákmoni	τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin	τοῖς ἄκμοσῐ / ἄκμοσῐν toîs ákmosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἄκμονᾰ tòn ákmona	τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone	τοὺς ἄκμονᾰς toùs ákmonas
Vocative	ἄκμον ákmon	ἄκμονε ákmone	ἄκμονες ákmones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκμόθετον (akmótheton)
• ἀκμόνιον (akmónion)
• ἀκμονίσκος (akmonískos)

 

Descendants

• Greek: άκμων (ákmon), άκμονας (ákmonas), ⇒ αμόνι (amóni) (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Egyptian ꜥẖm (“cultic image of a falcon”). Compare also Coptic ⲁⲭⲙⲩ (akhmu, “kind of bird”) and Arabic رَخْمَة (raḵma, “Egyptian vulture”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ák.mɔːn/ → /ˈak.mon/ → /ˈak.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ák.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈak.mon/

Noun

ἄκμων • (ákmōn) m (genitive ἄκμονος); third declension

1. kind of wolf
2. kind of eagle

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἄκμων; τοῦ ἄκμονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄκμων ho ákmōn	τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone	οἱ ἄκμονες hoi ákmones
Genitive	τοῦ ἄκμονος toû ákmonos	τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin	τῶν ἀκμόνων tôn akmónōn
Dative	τῷ ἄκμονῐ tôi ákmoni	τοῖν ἀκμόνοιν toîn akmónoin	τοῖς ἄκμοσῐ / ἄκμοσῐν toîs ákmosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἄκμονᾰ tòn ákmona	τὼ ἄκμονε tṑ ákmone	τοὺς ἄκμονᾰς toùs ákmonas
Vocative	ἄκμον ákmon	ἄκμονε ákmone	ἄκμονες ákmones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄκμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄκμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄκμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄκμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄκμων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄκμων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anvil idem, page 32.
  • stithy idem, page 818.
• 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