ἄχρυσος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, alpha privativum) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kʰryː.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kʰry.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.xry.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.xry.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.xri.sos/
Adjective
ἄχρῡσος • (ákhrūsos) m or f (neuter ἄχρῡσον); second declension
- without gold
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́χρῡσος ắkhrūsos |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσον ắkhrūson |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σω ăkhrū́sō |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σω ăkhrū́sō |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσοι ắkhrūsoi |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσᾰ ắkhrūsă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓χρῡ́σου ăkhrū́sou |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σου ăkhrū́sou |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σοιν ăkhrū́soin |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σοιν ăkhrū́soin |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σων ăkhrū́sōn |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σων ăkhrū́sōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓χρῡ́σῳ ăkhrū́sōi |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σῳ ăkhrū́sōi |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σοιν ăkhrū́soin |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σοιν ăkhrū́soin |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σοις ăkhrū́sois |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σοις ăkhrū́sois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́χρῡσον ắkhrūson |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσον ắkhrūson |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σω ăkhrū́sō |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σω ăkhrū́sō |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σους ăkhrū́sous |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσᾰ ắkhrūsă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́χρῡσε ắkhrūse |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσον ắkhrūson |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σω ăkhrū́sō |
ᾰ̓χρῡ́σω ăkhrū́sō |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσοι ắkhrūsoi |
ᾰ̓́χρῡσᾰ ắkhrūsă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓χρῡ́σως ăkhrū́sōs |
ᾰ̓χρῡσότερος ăkhrūsóteros |
ᾰ̓χρῡσότᾰτος ăkhrūsótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἄχρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄχρυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄχρυσος - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-), Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.