ἄκριθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “un-, not”) +‎ κρῑθή (krīthḗ, “barley”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kriː.tʰos/ → /ˈa.kri.θos/ → /ˈa.kri.θos/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓́κρῑθος • (ắkrīthos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κρῑθον); second declension

1. (of wheat) not mixed with barley

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́κρῑθος; ᾰ̓́κρῑθον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́κρῑθος ắkrīthos	ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ắkrīthon		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω ăkrī́thō	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω ăkrī́thō		ᾰ̓́κρῑθοι ắkrīthoi	ᾰ̓́κρῑθᾰ ắkrīthă
Genitive		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θου ăkrī́thou	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θου ăkrī́thou		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν ăkrī́thoin	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν ăkrī́thoin		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θων ăkrī́thōn	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θων ăkrī́thōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θῳ ăkrī́thōi	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θῳ ăkrī́thōi		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν ăkrī́thoin	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν ăkrī́thoin		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοις ăkrī́thois	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοις ăkrī́thois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ắkrīthon	ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ắkrīthon		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω ăkrī́thō	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω ăkrī́thō		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θους ăkrī́thous	ᾰ̓́κρῑθᾰ ắkrīthă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́κρῑθε ắkrīthe	ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ắkrīthon		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω ăkrī́thō	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω ăkrī́thō		ᾰ̓́κρῑθοι ắkrīthoi	ᾰ̓́κρῑθᾰ ắkrīthă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θως ăkrī́thōs			ᾰ̓κρῑθότερος ăkrīthóteros			ᾰ̓κρῑθότᾰτος ăkrīthótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄκριθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄκριθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκριθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)