ἄκορνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Strömberg compares κόρνος (kórnos, “butcher's broom”) and σκόρνος (skórnos, “myrtle”). It seems possible that ἀκορνός (akornós, “grasshopper”) derives from this word, like ἀκανθίας (akanthías, “grasshopper”) beside ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn, thistle”). The prothetic vowel, the variations and the -ρν- cluster point to a Pre-Greek origin, according to Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kor.na/ → /ˈa.kor.na/ → /ˈa.kor.na/

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

Noun

ἄκορνᾰ • (ákornă) f (genitive ἀκόρνης); first declension

1. soldier thistle (Picnomon acarna, syn. Cirsium acarna)

   Synonym: ἀγρῐοκῐνᾰ́ρᾱ (agrĭokĭnắrā)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄκορνᾰ; τῆς ἀκόρνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄκορνᾰ hē ákornă	τὼ ἀκόρνᾱ tṑ akórnā	αἱ ἄκορναι hai ákornai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκόρνης tês akórnēs	τοῖν ἀκόρναιν toîn akórnain	τῶν ἀκορνῶν tôn akornôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκόρνῃ têi akórnēi	τοῖν ἀκόρναιν toîn akórnain	ταῖς ἀκόρναις taîs akórnais
Accusative	τὴν ἄκορνᾰν tḕn ákornăn	τὼ ἀκόρνᾱ tṑ akórnā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκόρνᾱς tā̀s akórnās
Vocative	ἄκορνᾰ ákornă	ἀκόρνᾱ akórnā	ἄκορναι ákornai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄκορνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄκορνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκορνα 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