ὀξυάκανθα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀξυάκανθος (oxuákanthos)

Etymology

From ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sy.á.kan.tʰa/ → /ok.syˈa.kan.θa/ → /ok.siˈa.kan.θa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sy.á.kan.tʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ok.syˈa.kan.tʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ok.syˈa.kan.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ok.syˈa.kan.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈa.kan.θa/

Noun

ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰ • (oxuákantha) f (genitive ὀξῠᾰκάνθης); first declension

1. firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰ; τῆς ὀξῠᾰκάνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰ hē oxuákantha	τὼ ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ oxuakánthā	αἱ ὀξῠᾰ́κανθαι hai oxuákanthai
Genitive	τῆς ὀξῠᾰκάνθης tês oxuakánthēs	τοῖν ὀξῠᾰκάνθαιν toîn oxuakánthain	τῶν ὀξῠᾰκανθῶν tôn oxuakanthôn
Dative	τῇ ὀξῠᾰκάνθῃ têi oxuakánthēi	τοῖν ὀξῠᾰκάνθαιν toîn oxuakánthain	ταῖς ὀξῠᾰκάνθαις taîs oxuakánthais
Accusative	τὴν ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰν tḕn oxuákanthan	τὼ ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱ tṑ oxuakánthā	τᾱ̀ς ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱς tā̀s oxuakánthās
Vocative	ὀξῠᾰ́κανθᾰ oxuákantha	ὀξῠᾰκάνθᾱ oxuakánthā	ὀξῠᾰ́κανθαι oxuákanthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Renaissance Latin: oxyacantha, oxyacanthus

References

• “ὀξυάκανθα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀξυάκανθα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ὀξυάκανθα – Cotoneaster pyracantha”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2024