ἀκανθίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκᾰνθα (ákăntha, “thorn”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰí.aːs/ → /a.kanˈθi.as/ → /a.kanˈθi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈtʰi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.as/

Noun

ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (akănthĭ́ās) m (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension

1. spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
2. kind of grasshopper
3. asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

   Synonym: ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος (asphắrăgos)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς ho akănthĭ́ās	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akănthĭ́ā	οἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι hoi akănthĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ου toû akănthĭ́ou	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν toîn akănthĭ́ain	τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐῶν tôn akănthĭôn
Dative	τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾳ tôi akănthĭ́āi	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐ́αιν toîn akănthĭ́ain	τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́αις toîs akănthĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱν tòn akănthĭ́ān	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ tṑ akănthĭ́ā	τοὺς ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς toùs akănthĭ́ās
Vocative	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ akănthĭ́ā	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱ akănthĭ́ā	ἀκᾰνθῐ́αι akănthĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκανθίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκανθίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκανθίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)