ἄχωρ
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, the connection with ἄχυρον (ákhuron, “chaff”) is proven by the glosses. The vocalic interchange points to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kʰɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kʰor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.xor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.xor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.xor/
Noun
[edit]ἄχωρ • (ákhōr) m (genitive ἄχορος); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἄχωρ ho ákhōr |
τὼ ἄχορε tṑ ákhore |
οἱ ἄχορες hoi ákhores | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἄχορος toû ákhoros |
τοῖν ἀχόροιν toîn akhóroin |
τῶν ἀχόρων tôn akhórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἄχορῐ tôi ákhori |
τοῖν ἀχόροιν toîn akhóroin |
τοῖς ἄχορσῐ / ἄχορσῐν toîs ákhorsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἄχορᾰ tòn ákhora |
τὼ ἄχορε tṑ ákhore |
τοὺς ἄχορᾰς toùs ákhoras | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄχορ ákhor |
ἄχορε ákhore |
ἄχορες ákhores | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: achōr
Further reading
[edit]- “ἄχωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄχωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄχωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄχωρ, -ορος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
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