ἀκή

Language

See also: -άκη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-#ΑΚΗ

From Proto-Hellenic Category:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΑΚΗ *akā́, from Proto-Indo-European Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΑΚΗ *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

ᾰ̓κή • (ăkḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓κῆς)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek first-declension nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Pages with entries#ΑΚΗ Category:Pages with 1 entry#ΑΚΗ; first declension

point

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓κή; τῆς ᾰ̓κῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓κή hē ăkḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓κᾱ́ tṑ ăkā́	αἱ ᾰ̓καί hai ăkaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κῆς tês ăkês	τοῖν ᾰ̓καῖν toîn ăkaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓κῶν tôn ăkôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κῇ tēî ăkēî	τοῖν ᾰ̓καῖν toîn ăkaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓καῖς taîs ăkaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓κήν tḕn ăkḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓κᾱ́ tṑ ăkā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κᾱ́ς tā̀s ăkā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓κή ăkḗ	ᾰ̓κᾱ́ ăkā́	ᾰ̓καί ăkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἄκανθα (ákantha)
ἀμφήκης (amphḗkēs)
τᾰνῠήκης (tănŭḗkēs)

Etymology 2

Possibly connected with ἦκα (êka, “quietly”); compare ἧσσα (hêssa).

Noun

ᾰ̓κή • (ăkḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓κῆς)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek first-declension nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Pages with entries#ΑΚΗ Category:Pages with 1 entry#ΑΚΗ; first declension

silence

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓κή; τῆς ᾰ̓κῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓κή hē ăkḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓κᾱ́ tṑ ăkā́	αἱ ᾰ̓καί hai ăkaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κῆς tês ăkês	τοῖν ᾰ̓καῖν toîn ăkaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓κῶν tôn ăkôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κῇ tēî ăkēî	τοῖν ᾰ̓καῖν toîn ăkaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓καῖς taîs ăkaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓κήν tḕn ăkḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓κᾱ́ tṑ ăkā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κᾱ́ς tā̀s ăkā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓κή ăkḗ	ᾰ̓κᾱ́ ăkā́	ᾰ̓καί ăkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓κήν (ăkḗn)

Related terms

ᾰ̓κέων (ăkéōn)

Etymology 3

Probably ᾰ̓κέομαι (ăkéomai) +‎ -η (-ē)Category:Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η#ΑΚΗ.

Noun

ᾰ̓κή • (ăkḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓κῆς)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek oxytone terms#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek first-declension nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΑΚΗ Category:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΑΚΗ Category:Pages with entries#ΑΚΗ Category:Pages with 1 entry#ΑΚΗ; first declension

healing

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓κή; τῆς ᾰ̓κῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓κή hē ăkḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓κᾱ́ tṑ ăkā́	αἱ ᾰ̓καί hai ăkaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓κῆς tês ăkês	τοῖν ᾰ̓καῖν toîn ăkaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓κῶν tôn ăkôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓κῇ tēî ăkēî	τοῖν ᾰ̓καῖν toîn ăkaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓καῖς taîs ăkaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓κήν tḕn ăkḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓κᾱ́ tṑ ăkā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κᾱ́ς tā̀s ăkā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓κή ăkḗ	ᾰ̓κᾱ́ ăkā́	ᾰ̓καί ăkaí
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 (2006–2026)
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, page 50

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