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ἀκινάκης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκινάκης

Structure: ἀκινακ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. a short straight sword

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ προσελθοῦσα τῷ κανόνι τῆσ κλίνησ, ὃσ ἦν πρὸσ κεφαλῆσ Ὀλοφέρνου, καθεῖλε τὸν ἀκινάκην αὐτοῦ ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 13:6)
  • ἄπαγε, ὦ Σόλων, ὑμῖν ταῦτα γένοιτο τὰ ὠφέλιμα καὶ τερπνά, ἐμὲ δὲ εἴ τισ ὑμῶν τοιοῦτό τι διαθείη, εἴσεται ὡσ οὐ μάτην παρεζώσμεθα τὸν ἀκινάκην. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 6:4)
  • τὸ μέντοι ὁπλοφορεῖν ἀεὶ καὶ ἀκινάκην παρεζῶσθαι περιττὸν ἐν εἰρήνῃ οἰόμεθα εἶναι, καὶ πρόστιμὸν γ’ ἔστιν, ὅστισ ἐν ἄστει σιδηροφοροίη μηδὲν δέον ἢ ὅπλα ἐξενέγκοι εἰσ τὸ δημόσιον. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 34:6)
  • ὁ γάρ Δάνδαμισ ἐν τῇ πρὸσ Σαυρομάτασ συμπλοκῇ, ἀπαχθέντοσ αἰχμαλώτου Ἀμιζώκου τοῦ φίλου αὐτοῦ ‐ μᾶλλον δὲ πρότερον ὀμοῦμαί σοι τὸν ἡμέτερον ὁρ́κον, ἐπεὶ καὶ τοῦτο ἐν ἀρχῇ διωμολογησάμην οὐ μὰ γάρ τὸν Ἄνεμον καὶ τὸν Ἀκινάκην, οὐδὲν πρὸσ σέ, ὦ Μνήσιππε, ψεῦδοσ ἐρῶ περὶ τῶν φίλων τῶν Σκυθῶν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ πάνυ σου ὀμνύντοσ ἐδεόμην σὺ δ’ ὅμωσ εὖ ποιῶν οὐδένα θεῶν ^ ἐπωμόσω. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 37:2)
  • ὁπόταν τοίνυν τὸν Ἄνεμον καὶ τὸν Ἀκινάκην ὀμνύωμεν, ταῦτα ὀμνύομεν ὡσ τὸν μὲν ἄνεμον ζωῆσ αἴτιον ὄντα, τὸν ἀκινάκην δὲ ὅτι ἀποθνήσκειν ποιεῖ. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 37:6)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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