ἀκτή
See also: ακτή
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 10 September 2013
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ak.tɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /akˈte/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /akˈti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /akˈti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /akˈti/
Etymology 1
Unclear. Perhaps related to ἀκή (akḗ, “point, edge”) or ὄχθη (ókhthē, “height, bank”).
Noun
ἀκτή • (aktḗ) f (genitive ἀκτῆς); first declension
- headland, cape, promontory
- Sophocles, Trachiniae, 237-238 (Sir Richard Jebb, 1892 translation)
- ἀκτή τις ἔστ’ Εὐβοιίς, ἔνθ’ ὁρίζεται
βωμοὺς τέλη τ’ ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί.- aktḗ tis ést’ Euboiís, énth’ horízetai
bōmoùs télē t’ énkarpa Kēnaíōi Dií. - There is a headland of Euboea, where to Cenaean Zeus he marks out altars and fruitful ground in tribute.
- aktḗ tis ést’ Euboiís, énth’ horízetai
- Sophocles, Trachiniae, 237-238 (Sir Richard Jebb, 1892 translation)
- any raised place
- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 721 (Herbert Weir Smyth, 1926 translation)
- ὦ πότνια χθὼν καὶ πότνι’ ἀκτὴ
χώματος […]- ô pótnia khthṑn kaì pótni’ aktḕ
khṓmatos […] - O hallowed earth, and hallowed barrow raised high […]
- ô pótnia khthṑn kaì pótni’ aktḕ
- Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, 721 (Herbert Weir Smyth, 1926 translation)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀκτή hē aktḗ |
τὼ ἀκτᾱ́ tṑ aktā́ |
αἱ ἀκταί hai aktaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀκτῆς tês aktês |
τοῖν ἀκταῖν toîn aktaîn |
τῶν ἀκτῶν tôn aktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀκτῇ têi aktêi |
τοῖν ἀκταῖν toîn aktaîn |
ταῖς ἀκταῖς taîs aktaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀκτήν tḕn aktḗn |
τὼ ἀκτᾱ́ tṑ aktā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκτᾱ́ς tā̀s aktā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκτή aktḗ |
ἀκτᾱ́ aktā́ |
ἀκταί aktaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Etymology 2
Unclear. Perhaps the same as etymology 1.
Noun
ἀκτή • (aktḗ) f (genitive ἀκτῆς); first declension
- (poetic) corn (grains of cereal crops)
- Homer Iliad, 630-631 (Samuel Butler, 1898 translation)
- […] χάλκειον κάνεον, ἐπὶ δὲ κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον,
ἠδὲ μέλι χλωρόν, παρὰ δ᾽ ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτήν, […]- […] khálkeion káneon, epì dè krómuon potôi ópson,
ēdè méli khlōrón, parà d᾽ alphítou hieroû aktḗn, […] - […] a vessel of bronze and an onion to give relish to the drink, with honey and cakes of barley-meal.
- […] khálkeion káneon, epì dè krómuon potôi ópson,
- Homer Iliad, 630-631 (Samuel Butler, 1898 translation)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀκτή hē aktḗ |
τὼ ἀκτᾱ́ tṑ aktā́ |
αἱ ἀκταί hai aktaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀκτῆς tês aktês |
τοῖν ἀκταῖν toîn aktaîn |
τῶν ἀκτῶν tôn aktôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀκτῇ têi aktêi |
τοῖν ἀκταῖν toîn aktaîn |
ταῖς ἀκταῖς taîs aktaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀκτήν tḕn aktḗn |
τὼ ἀκτᾱ́ tṑ aktā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκτᾱ́ς tā̀s aktā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκτή aktḗ |
ἀκτᾱ́ aktā́ |
ἀκταί aktaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Further reading
- ἀκτή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκτή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκτή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀκτή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκτή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀκτή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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