ἄχωρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄχορα (ákhora), ἀχώρ (akhṓr)
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin due to the similarity with ἄχυρον (ákhuron, “chaff”) and the vocalic interchange υ/ω.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.kʰɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.kʰor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.xor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.xor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.xor/
Noun
ἄχωρ • (ákhōr) m (genitive ἄχορος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἄχωρ ho ákhōr |
τὼ ἄχορε tṑ ákhore |
οἱ ἄχορες hoi ákhores | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἄχορος toû ákhoros |
τοῖν ἀχόροιν toîn akhóroin |
τῶν ἀχόρων tôn akhórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἄχορῐ tōî ákhorĭ |
τοῖν ἀχόροιν toîn akhóroin |
τοῖς ἄχορσῐ / ἄχορσῐν toîs ákhorsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἄχορᾰ tòn ákhoră |
τὼ ἄχορε tṑ ákhore |
τοὺς ἄχορᾰς toùs ákhorăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄχορ ákhor |
ἄχορε ákhore |
ἄχορες ákhores | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “ἄχωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄχωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄχωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄχωρ, -ορος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186