ἄκοιτις

See also: ἀκοίτις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓κοίτη (ăkoítē)

Etymology

ᾰ̓- (ă-, alpha copulativum) +‎ κοίτη (koítē, “[marriage] bed”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, “a woman pertaining to —”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.koi̯.tis/ → /ˈa.cy.tis/ → /ˈa.ci.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.koi̯.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ky.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.cy.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.cy.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ci.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς • (ắkoitĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓κοίτῐος); third declension

1. (endearing) a female bedfellow, a wife
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.138
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Collected Works 5.169
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 684

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓κοίτῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́κοιτῐς hē ắkoitĭs	τὼ ᾰ̓κοίτῐε tṑ ăkoítĭe	αἱ ᾰ̓κοίτῐες hai ăkoítĭes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κοίτῐος tês ăkoítĭos	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́οιν toîn ăkoitĭ́oin	τῶν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́ων tôn ăkoitĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κοίτῑ têi ăkoítī	τοῖν ᾰ̓κοιτῐ́οιν toîn ăkoitĭ́oin	ταῖς ᾰ̓κοίτῐσῐ / ᾰ̓κοίτῐσῐν taîs ăkoítĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́κοιτῐν tḕn ắkoitĭn	τὼ ᾰ̓κοίτῐε tṑ ăkoítĭe	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κοίτῑς / ᾰ̓κοίτῐᾰς tā̀s ăkoítīs / ăkoítĭăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓́κοιτῐ ắkoitĭ	ᾰ̓κοίτῐε ăkoítĭe	ᾰ̓κοίτῐες ăkoítĭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (a wife): ἄλοχος (álokhos)

Coordinate terms

• ᾰ̓κοίτης (ăkoítēs, “a [male] bedfellow”, “a husband”)

Descendants

• Latin: acoetis

References

• “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄκοιτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄκοιτις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄκοιτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκοιτις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄκοιτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄκοιτις”, 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.
  • bedfellow idem, page 69.
  • consort idem, page 164.
  • spouse idem, page 805.
  • wife idem, page 978.