ἄλκιμος

See also: άλκιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.ki.mos/ → /ˈal.ci.mos/ → /ˈal.ci.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.ki.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ki.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci.mos/

Adjective

ἄλκῐμος • (álkimos) m (feminine ἀλκίμη, neuter ἄλκῐμον); first/second declension

1. stout, strong
2. stout-hearted, brave

Declension

First and second declension of ἄλκῐμος; ἀλκῐ́μη; ἄλκῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄλκῐμος álkimos	ἀλκῐ́μη alkímē	ἄλκῐμον álkimon		ἀλκῐ́μω alkímō	ἀλκῐ́μᾱ alkímā	ἀλκῐ́μω alkímō		ἄλκῐμοι álkimoi	ἄλκῐμαι álkimai	ἄλκῐμᾰ álkima
Genitive		ἀλκῐ́μου alkímou	ἀλκῐ́μης alkímēs	ἀλκῐ́μου alkímou		ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkímoin	ἀλκῐ́μαιν alkímain	ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkímoin		ἀλκῐ́μων alkímōn	ἀλκῐ́μων alkímōn	ἀλκῐ́μων alkímōn
Dative		ἀλκῐ́μῳ alkímōi	ἀλκῐ́μῃ alkímēi	ἀλκῐ́μῳ alkímōi		ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkímoin	ἀλκῐ́μαιν alkímain	ἀλκῐ́μοιν alkímoin		ἀλκῐ́μοις alkímois	ἀλκῐ́μαις alkímais	ἀλκῐ́μοις alkímois
Accusative		ἄλκῐμον álkimon	ἀλκῐ́μην alkímēn	ἄλκῐμον álkimon		ἀλκῐ́μω alkímō	ἀλκῐ́μᾱ alkímā	ἀλκῐ́μω alkímō		ἀλκῐ́μους alkímous	ἀλκῐ́μᾱς alkímās	ἄλκῐμᾰ álkima
Vocative		ἄλκῐμε álkime	ἀλκῐ́μη alkímē	ἄλκῐμον álkimon		ἀλκῐ́μω alkímō	ἀλκῐ́μᾱ alkímā	ἀλκῐ́μω alkímō		ἄλκῐμοι álkimoi	ἄλκῐμαι álkimai	ἄλκῐμᾰ álkima
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		—				ἀλκῐμώτερος alkimṓteros				ἀλκῐμώτᾰτος alkimṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άλκιμος (álkimos)

Further reading

• “ἄλκιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλκιμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bold idem, page 88.
  • brave idem, page 93.
  • courageous idem, page 178.
  • doughty idem, page 248.
  • lusty idem, page 505.
  • martial idem, page 515.
  • mighty idem, page 528.
  • potent idem, page 629.
  • powerful idem, page 630.
  • strong idem, page 827.
  • warlike idem, page 964.