ἀκή

See also: -άκη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kɛ̌ː/ → /aˈci/ → /aˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈci/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *akā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

ἀκή • (akḗ) f (genitive ἀκῆς); first declension

1. point

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκή; τῆς ἀκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκή hē akḗ	τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́	αἱ ἀκαί hai akaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀκῆς tês akês	τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn	τῶν ἀκῶν tôn akôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκῇ têi akêi	τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn	ταῖς ἀκαῖς taîs akaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀκήν tḕn akḗn	τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾱ́ς tā̀s akā́s
Vocative	ἀκή akḗ	ἀκᾱ́ akā́	ἀκαί akaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τανυήκης (tanuḗkēs)

Etymology 2

Maybe connected with ἦκα (êka, “quietly”); see ἧσσα (hêssa).

Noun

ἀκή • (akḗ) f (genitive ἀκῆς); first declension

1. silence

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκή; τῆς ἀκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκή hē akḗ	τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́	αἱ ἀκαί hai akaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀκῆς tês akês	τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn	τῶν ἀκῶν tôn akôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκῇ têi akêi	τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn	ταῖς ἀκαῖς taîs akaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀκήν tḕn akḗn	τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾱ́ς tā̀s akā́s
Vocative	ἀκή akḗ	ἀκᾱ́ akā́	ἀκαί akaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκήν (akḗn)

Related terms

• ἀκέων (akéōn)

Etymology 3

Probably ἀκέομαι (akéomai) +‎ -η (-ē).

Noun

ἀκή • (akḗ) f (genitive ἀκῆς); first declension

1. healing

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκή; τῆς ἀκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκή hē akḗ	τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́	αἱ ἀκαί hai akaí
Genitive	τῆς ἀκῆς tês akês	τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn	τῶν ἀκῶν tôn akôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκῇ têi akêi	τοῖν ἀκαῖν toîn akaîn	ταῖς ἀκαῖς taîs akaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἀκήν tḕn akḗn	τὼ ἀκᾱ́ tṑ akā́	τᾱ̀ς ἀκᾱ́ς tā̀s akā́s
Vocative	ἀκή akḗ	ἀκᾱ́ akā́	ἀκαί akaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN