ἀκίς?
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration: akis
Principal Part:
ἀκίς
ἀκίδος
Structure:
ἀκιδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: ἀκή 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
