ἀχλύς

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵʰlu- (“mist, dark weather”). Cognate with Old Prussian aglo (“rain”).

ἀχλύς • (akhlús) f (genitive ἀχλύος); third declension

Third declension of ἀχλῡ́ς; ἀχλῠ́ος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀχλῡ́ς akhlū́s	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlŭ́es
Genitive	ἀχλῠ́ος akhlŭ́os	ἀχλῠ́οιῐ̈ν akhlŭ́oiĭ̈n	ἀχλῠ́ων akhlŭ́ōn
Dative	ἀχλῠ́ῐ̈ / ἀχλυῖ akhlŭ́ĭ̈ / akhluî	ἀχλῠ́οιῐ̈ν akhlŭ́oiĭ̈n	ἀχλῠ́σῐ / ἀχλῠ́σῐν / ἀχλῠ́σσῐ / ἀχλῠ́σσῐν / ἀχλῠ́εσσῐ / ἀχλῠ́εσσῐν akhlŭ́sĭ(n) / akhlŭ́ssĭ(n) / akhlŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	ἀχλῡ́ν akhlū́n	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῠ́ᾰς / ἀχλῦς akhlŭ́ăs / akhlûs
Vocative	ἀχλῡ́ akhlū́	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῠ́ες akhlŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ἡ ἀχλῠ́ς; τῆς ἀχλῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχλῠ́ς hē akhlŭ́s	τὼ ἀχλῠ́ε tṑ akhlŭ́e	αἱ ἀχλῠ́ες / ἀχλῦς hai akhlŭ́es / akhlûs
Genitive	τῆς ἀχλῠ́ος tês akhlŭ́os	τοῖν ἀχλῠ́οιν toîn akhlŭ́oin	τῶν ἀχλῠ́ων tôn akhlŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ἀχλῠ́ῐ̈ / ἀχλυῖ tēî akhlŭ́ĭ̈ / akhluî	τοῖν ἀχλῠ́οιν toîn akhlŭ́oin	ταῖς ἀχλῠ́σῐ / ἀχλῠ́σῐν taîs akhlŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀχλῠ́ν tḕn akhlŭ́n	τὼ ἀχλῠ́ε tṑ akhlŭ́e	τᾱ̀ς ἀχλῦς / ἀχλῠ́ᾰς tā̀s akhlûs / akhlŭ́ăs
Vocative	ἀχλῠ́ akhlŭ́	ἀχλῠ́ε akhlŭ́e	ἀχλῠ́ες / ἀχλῦς akhlŭ́es / akhlûs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ἀχλύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀχλύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀχλύς 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