Ἀκεσίνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-Iranian *ásitas

Sanskrit असित (asita)

Sanskrit असिक्नी (asiknī)bor.

Ancient Greek Ἀκεσίνης (Akesínēs)

Borrowed from Sanskrit असिक्नी (asiknī).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ke.sǐː.nɛːs/ → /a.ceˈsi.nis/ → /a.ceˈsi.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ke.sǐː.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.keˈsi.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ceˈsi.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ceˈsi.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ceˈsi.nis/

Proper noun

Ἀκεσίνης • (Akesínēs) m (genitive Ἀκεσίνου); first declension

1. Acesines, Chenab (a river in Indian subcontinent, which flows through Pakistan and India)

   Synonym: Σανδροφάγος (Sandrophágos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀκεσίνης; τοῦ Ἀκεσίνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀκεσίνης ho Akesínēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀκεσίνου toû Akesínou
Dative	τῷ Ἀκεσίνῃ tôi Akesínēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀκεσίνην tòn Akesínēn
Vocative	Ἀκεσίνη Akesínē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ακεσίνης (Akesínis)
• → Latin: Acesīnēs

Further reading

• Ἀκεσίνης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999