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ἀκόντιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκόντιον

Structure: ἀκοντι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a)/kwn의 지소사, Hhymn., Hdt., etc.

Sense

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

  • εἶτα περὶ ἀκοντίου βολῆσ εἰσ μῆκοσ ἁμιλλῶνται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 27:4)
  • καὶ ὁ Ἄδραστοσ ἐπὶ τὸν σῦν ἀφεὶσ τὴν λόγχην ἐκείνου μὲν ἁμαρτήσεται, φονεύσει δὲ τὸν Κροίσου παῖδα, ὡσ ἂν ἀπ’ ἰσχυρᾶσ ἐμβολῆσ τῶν Μοιρῶν φερομένου τοῦ ἀκοντίου ἐπὶ τὸν νεανίσκον. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 12:6)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τοξευθεὶσ ὁ ἵπποσ τὸν Μασίστιον ἀπέρριψε καὶ πεσὼν ὑπὸ βάρουσ τῶν ὅπλων αὐτόσ τε δυσκίνητοσ ἦν ἀναφέρειν καὶ τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ ἐπικειμένοισ καὶ παίουσι δυσμεταχείριστοσ, οὐ μόνον στέρνα καὶ κεφαλήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ γυῖα χρυσῷ καὶ χαλκῷ καὶ σιδήρῳ καταπεφραγμένοσ, τοῦτον μὲν ᾗ τὸ κράνοσ ὑπέφαινε τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἀκοντίου στύρακι παίων τισ ἀνεῖλεν, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι Πέρσαι προέμενοι τὸν νεκρὸν ἔφευγον. (Plutarch, , chapter 14 5:1)
  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ διέβη τὸν Ἄσσον ὁ Σύλλασ, παρελθὼν ὑπὸ τὸ Ἡδύλιον τῷ Ἀρχελάῳ παρεστρατοπέδευσε, βεβλημένῳ χάρακα καρτερὸν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀκοντίου καὶ τοῦ Ἡδυλίου πρὸσ τοῖσ λεγομένοισ Ἀσσίοισ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 17 3:1)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἐδίωκον, ᾕρουν τε οὐδένα ἐξ ἀκοντίου βολῆσ ὁπλῖται ὄντεσ πελταστάσ· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 5 17:1)

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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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