Ἀχαρνεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀχαρναί (Akharnaí, “Acharnae”) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰar.něu̯s/ → /a.xarˈneɸs/ → /a.xarˈnefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰar.něu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰarˈnews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.xarˈneɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.xarˈnefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.xarˈnefs/

Noun

Ἀχαρνεύς • (Akharneús) m (genitive Ἀχαρνέως); third declension

1. an inhabitant of Acharnae

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀχαρνεύς; τοῦ Ἀχαρνέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀχαρνεύς ho Akharneús	τὼ Ἀχαρνῆ tṑ Akharnê	οἱ Ἀχαρνῆς / Ἀχαρνεῖς hoi Akharnês / Akharneîs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀχαρνέως toû Akharnéōs	τοῖν Ἀχαρνέοιν toîn Akharnéoin	τῶν Ἀχαρνέων tôn Akharnéōn
Dative	τῷ Ἀχαρνεῖ tôi Akharneî	τοῖν Ἀχαρνέοιν toîn Akharnéoin	τοῖς Ἀχαρνεῦσῐ / Ἀχαρνεῦσῐν toîs Akharneûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Ἀχαρνέᾱ tòn Akharnéā	τὼ Ἀχαρνῆ tṑ Akharnê	τοὺς Ἀχαρνέᾱς toùs Akharnéās
Vocative	Ἀχαρνεῦ Akharneû	Ἀχαρνῆ Akharnê	Ἀχαρνῆς / Ἀχαρνεῖς Akharnês / Akharneîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αχαρνεύς (Acharnéfs); Αχαρνέας (Acharnéas)

Further reading

• “Ἀχαρνεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἀχαρνεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999