Ἄκις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἆκις (Âkis)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kis/ → /ˈa.cis/ → /ˈa.cis/

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

Proper noun

Ἄκῐς • (Ákĭs) m (genitive Ἄκῐδος); third declension

1. A river on the east coast of Sicily, that flowed from Etna now exinct.
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 1.69

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓́κῐς; τοῦ Ᾰ̓́κῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓́κῐς ho Ắkĭs
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓́κῐδος toû Ắkĭdos
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓́κῐδῐ tôi Ắkĭdĭ
Accusative	τὸν Ἄκῐν tòn Ákĭn
Vocative	Ἄκῐ Ákĭ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Άκις (Ákis), Άκιδας (Ákidas)
• Latin: Acis
  • → English: Acis
  • → Italian: Aci
  • Sicilian: Aci

See also

• Γαλάτεια (Galáteia)
• Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos)
• Συμαιθις (Sumaithis)
• Πᾱ́ν (Pā́n)

Further reading

• Ἄκις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἄκις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)