ἄκρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic остръ (ostrŭ), Latin ācer, Old Armenian ասեղն (asełn, “needle”) and Old English ecg (English edge).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.kros/
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἀ̆κρος akros |
ἀ̆κρᾱ akrā |
ἀ̆κρον akron |
ἀ̆κρω akrō |
ἀ̆κρᾱ akrā |
ἀ̆κρω akrō |
ἀ̆κροι akroi |
ἀ̆κραι akrai |
ἀ̆κρᾰ akra | |||||
| Genitive | ἀ̆κρου akrou |
ἀ̆κρᾱς akrās |
ἀ̆κρου akrou |
ἀ̆κροιν akroin |
ἀ̆κραιν akrain |
ἀ̆κροιν akroin |
ἀ̆κρων akrōn |
ἀ̆κρων akrōn |
ἀ̆κρων akrōn | |||||
| Dative | ἀ̆κρῳ akrōi |
ἀ̆κρᾳ akrāi |
ἀ̆κρῳ akrōi |
ἀ̆κροιν akroin |
ἀ̆κραιν akrain |
ἀ̆κροιν akroin |
ἀ̆κροις akrois |
ἀ̆κραις akrais |
ἀ̆κροις akrois | |||||
| Accusative | ἀ̆κρον akron |
ἀ̆κρᾱν akrān |
ἀ̆κρον akron |
ἀ̆κρω akrō |
ἀ̆κρᾱ akrā |
ἀ̆κρω akrō |
ἀ̆κρους akrous |
ἀ̆κρᾱς akrās |
ἀ̆κρᾰ akra | |||||
| Vocative | ἀ̆κρε akre |
ἀ̆κρᾱ akrā |
ἀ̆κρον akron |
ἀ̆κρω akrō |
ἀ̆κρᾱ akrā |
ἀ̆κρω akrō |
ἀ̆κροι akroi |
ἀ̆κραι akrai |
ἀ̆κρᾰ akra | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀ̆κρως akrōs |
ἀ̆κρότερος akróteros |
ἀ̆κρότᾰτος akrótatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Related terms
- ἀκή (akḗ)
Descendants
- Greek: άκρος (ákros, “extreme”)
Further reading
- ἄκρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄκρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄκρος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄκρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄκρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄκρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- ἄκρος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- ἄκρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brim idem, page 98.
- champion idem, page 123.
- consummate idem, page 166.
- edge idem, page 261.
- extreme idem, page 298.
- extremity idem, page 298.
- finished idem, page 321.
- good idem, page 366.
- inmost idem, page 442.
- lip idem, page 494.
- master idem, page 517.
- masterly idem, page 517.
- matchless idem, page 517.
- pastmaster (in) idem, page 598.
- rim idem, page 715.
- skilful idem, page 780.
- supreme idem, page 842.
- tip idem, page 877.
- top idem, page 881.
- topmost idem, page 881.
- uppermost idem, page 938.
- verge idem, page 948.
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