ἄκτινος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκτέϊνος (aktéïnos)

Etymology

From ἀκτέα (aktéa, “elder”) +‎ -ῐνος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ák.ti.nos/ → /ˈak.ti.nos/ → /ˈak.ti.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ák.ti.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ti.nos/

Adjective

ἄκτῐνος • (áktinos) m (feminine ἀκτίνη, neuter ἄκτῐνον); first/second declension

1. of elder wood

Inflection

First and second declension of ἄκτῐνος; ἀκτῐ́νη; ἄκτῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄκτῐνος áktinos	ἀκτῐ́νη aktínē	ἄκτῐνον áktinon		ἀκτῐ́νω aktínō	ἀκτῐ́νᾱ aktínā	ἀκτῐ́νω aktínō		ἄκτῐνοι áktinoi	ἄκτῐναι áktinai	ἄκτῐνᾰ áktina
Genitive		ἀκτῐ́νου aktínou	ἀκτῐ́νης aktínēs	ἀκτῐ́νου aktínou		ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktínoin	ἀκτῐ́ναιν aktínain	ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktínoin		ἀκτῐ́νων aktínōn	ἀκτῐ́νων aktínōn	ἀκτῐ́νων aktínōn
Dative		ἀκτῐ́νῳ aktínōi	ἀκτῐ́νῃ aktínēi	ἀκτῐ́νῳ aktínōi		ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktínoin	ἀκτῐ́ναιν aktínain	ἀκτῐ́νοιν aktínoin		ἀκτῐ́νοις aktínois	ἀκτῐ́ναις aktínais	ἀκτῐ́νοις aktínois
Accusative		ἄκτῐνον áktinon	ἀκτῐ́νην aktínēn	ἄκτῐνον áktinon		ἀκτῐ́νω aktínō	ἀκτῐ́νᾱ aktínā	ἀκτῐ́νω aktínō		ἀκτῐ́νους aktínous	ἀκτῐ́νᾱς aktínās	ἄκτῐνᾰ áktina
Vocative		ἄκτῐνε áktine	ἀκτῐ́νη aktínē	ἄκτῐνον áktinon		ἀκτῐ́νω aktínō	ἀκτῐ́νᾱ aktínā	ἀκτῐ́νω aktínō		ἄκτῐνοι áktinoi	ἄκτῐναι áktinai	ἄκτῐνᾰ áktina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀκτῐ́νως aktínōs				ἀκτῐνώτερος aktinṓteros				ἀκτῐνώτᾰτος aktinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄκτινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄκτινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄκτινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)