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ἀκίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκίς ἀκίδος

Structure: ἀκιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

  1. pointed object, barb of an arrow or hook
  2. arrow, dart
  3. (metaphorical) stings (of desire), (in plural) sharp, acute pains

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀκίς ἀκίδε ἀκίδες
Genitive ἀκίδος ἀκίδοιν ἀκίδων
Dative ἀκίδι ἀκίδοιν ἀκίσιν*
Accusative ἀκίδα ἀκίδε ἀκίδας
Vocative ἀκί ἀκίδε ἀκίδες

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

  • ἔπεμψα οὖν Ἀκίδα κατασκεψομένην· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:4)
  • νήπι’ Ἔρωσ, πορθεῖσ μὲ τὸ κρήγυον εἴσ μὲ κένωσον πᾶν σὺ βέλοσ, λοιπὴν μηκέτ’ ἀφεὶσ γλυφίδα, ὡσ ἂν μοῦνον ἕλοισ ἰοῖσ ἐμέ, καί τινα χρῄζων ἄλλον ὀιστεῦσαι, μηκέτ’ ἔχοισ ἀκίδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 581)
  • εἰπὲ τίνι πλέξεισ ἔτι βόστρυχον, ἢ τίνι χεῖρασ φαιδρυνέεισ, ὀνύχων ἀμφιτεμὼν ἀκίδα; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2281)
  • ἡ δὲ κατὰ τὴν γενομένην ὑπὸ τοῦ Νέσσου παραγγελίαν εἰσ ἄγγοσ ἀναλαβοῦσα τὸν γόνον, καὶ τὴν ἀκίδα βάψασα, λάθρᾳ τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ ἐφύλαττεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 36 5:3)
  • πλειστάκισ δ’ ἐκπίπτειν γέρανον χαλκῆν ἔχουσαν ἀκίδα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκεῖθεν πληγμάτων. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 114:6)

Synonyms

  1. pointed object

  2. arrow

Similar forms

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