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ἄκανθος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκανθος ἀκάνθου

Structure: ἀκανθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/

Sense

  1. The acanthus plant

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐν Ἀκάνθῳ δὲ ἐόντοσ Ξέρξεω συνήνεικε ὑπὸ νούσου ἀποθανεῖν τὸν ἐπεστεῶτα τῆσ διώρυχοσ Ἀρταχαίην, δόκιμον ἐόντα παρὰ Ξέρξῃ καὶ γένοσ Ἀχαιμενίδην, μεγάθεί̈ τε μέγιστον ἐόντα Περσέων ἀπὸ γὰρ πέντε πηχέων βασιληίων ἀπέλειπε τέσσερασ δακτύλουσ φωνέοντά τε μέγιστον ἀνθρώπων, ὥστε Ξέρξην συμφορὴν ποιησάμενον μεγάλην ἐξενεῖκαί τε αὐτὸν κάλλιστα καὶ θάψαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 117 2:1)

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