ἀκίς
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀκίς
ἀκίδος
Structure:
ἀκιδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: a)kh/ I
Sense
- pointed object, barb of an arrow or hook
- arrow, dart
- (metaphorical) stings (of desire), (in plural) sharp, acute pains
Declension
Third 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.
- ἔπεμψα οὖν Ἀκίδα κατασκεψομένην· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:4)
- σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἀκί, τὸν ἄρτον καὶ τὸ θεῖον καὶ τα ἄλλα πάντα πρὸσ τὴν ἐπῳδὴν εὐτρέπιζε. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:10)
- ὅστισ δὲ πόλεμον μᾶλλον εἶναι βούλεται μηδέποτε παύσασθ’ αὐτὸν ὦ Διόνυσ’ ἄναξ ἐκ τῶν ὀλεκράνων ἀκίδασ ἐξαιρούμενον. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, iambics6)
- τίσ δὲ τὰσ χελώνασ 1 ἐδίδαξε τῆσ ἔχεωσ φαγούσασ τὴν ὀρίγανον ἐπεσθίειν τὰσ δὲ Κρητικὰσ αἶγασ, ὅταν περιπέσωσι τοῖσ τοξεύμασι, τὸ δίκταμνον διώκειν, οὗ βρωθέντοσ ἐκβάλλουσι τὰσ ἀκίδασ; (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 9 4:1)
- ἐντεῦθεν εὐθὺσ ἐπιφέρει τραγήματα ἡμῖν ὁ παῖσ μετὰ δεῖπνον ἀκίδασ Κρητικάσ, ὥσπερ ἐρεβίνθουσ, δορατίων τε λείψανα κατεαγότ’, ἀσπίδασ δὲ προσκεφάλαια καὶ καὶ θώρακασ ἔχομεν, πρὸσ ποδῶν δὲ σφενδόνασ τόξα, καταπέλταισι δ’ ἐστεφανώμεθα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 18 1:3)
Synonyms
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pointed object
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arrow
