ἄλκιμος

See also: άλκιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.ki.mos/ → /ˈal.ci.mos/ → /ˈal.ci.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.ki.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ki.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci.mos/

Adjective

ἄλκῐμος • (álkĭmos) m (feminine ἀλκίμη, neuter ἄλκῐμον); first/second declension

1. stout, strong
2. stout-hearted, brave

Declension

First and second declension of ἄλκῐμος; ἀλκῐ́μη; ἄλκῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄλκῐμος álkĭmos	ἀλκῐ́μη alkĭ́mē	ἄλκῐμον álkĭmon		ἀλκῐ́μω alkĭ́mō	ἀλκῐ́μᾱ alkĭ́mā	ἀλκῐ́μω alkĭ́mō		ἄλκῐμοι álkĭmoi	ἄλκῐμαι álkĭmai	ἄλκῐμᾰ álkĭmă
Genitive		ἀλκῐ́μου alkĭ́mou	ἀλκῐ́μης alkĭ́mēs	ἀλκῐ́μου alkĭ́mou		ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkĭ́moin	ἀλκῐ́μαιν alkĭ́main	ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkĭ́moin		ἀλκῐ́μων alkĭ́mōn	ἀλκῐ́μων alkĭ́mōn	ἀλκῐ́μων alkĭ́mōn
Dative		ἀλκῐ́μῳ alkĭ́mōi	ἀλκῐ́μῃ alkĭ́mēi	ἀλκῐ́μῳ alkĭ́mōi		ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkĭ́moin	ἀλκῐ́μαιν alkĭ́main	ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkĭ́moin		ἀλκῐ́μοις alkĭ́mois	ἀλκῐ́μαις alkĭ́mais	ἀλκῐ́μοις alkĭ́mois
Accusative		ἄλκῐμον álkĭmon	ἀλκῐ́μην alkĭ́mēn	ἄλκῐμον álkĭmon		ἀλκῐ́μω alkĭ́mō	ἀλκῐ́μᾱ alkĭ́mā	ἀλκῐ́μω alkĭ́mō		ἀλκῐ́μους alkĭ́mous	ἀλκῐ́μᾱς alkĭ́mās	ἄλκῐμᾰ álkĭmă
Vocative		ἄλκῐμε álkĭme	ἀλκῐ́μη alkĭ́mē	ἄλκῐμον álkĭmon		ἀλκῐ́μω alkĭ́mō	ἀλκῐ́μᾱ alkĭ́mā	ἀλκῐ́μω alkĭ́mō		ἄλκῐμοι álkĭmoi	ἄλκῐμαι álkĭmai	ἄλκῐμᾰ álkĭmă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		—				ἀλκῐμώτερος alkĭmṓteros				ἀλκῐμώτᾰτος alkĭmṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άλκιμος (álkimos)

Further reading

• “ἄλκιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλκιμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bold idem, page 88.
  • brave idem, page 93.
  • courageous idem, page 178.
  • doughty idem, page 248.
  • lusty idem, page 505.
  • martial idem, page 515.
  • mighty idem, page 528.
  • potent idem, page 629.
  • powerful idem, page 630.
  • strong idem, page 827.
  • warlike idem, page 964.