Accaronita

Latin

Alternative forms

• Accarōnītēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἀκκαρωνίτης (Akkarōnítēs) in the Septuagint, from Biblical Hebrew עֶקְרוֹנִי (ʿEqrōnî).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ak.ka.roˈni.ta/, [äkːäroˈniːt̪ä]

Noun

Accarōnīta m (genitive Accarōnītae); first declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Ekronite
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate I Samuelis.5.10:

     Miserunt ergo arcam Dei in Accaron. Cumque venisset arca Dei in Accaron, exclamaverunt Accaronitae dicentes: Adduxerunt ad nos arcam Dei Israel ut interficiat nos et populum nostrum.

     So they sent the ark of God into Ekron. And when the ark of God arrived in Ekron, the Ekronites shouted out, saying: They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, for him to kill us and our people.

   • c. 672 CE – 735 CE, Bede, Commentaria in I Samuelis 7:

     Accaronita quippe Sergius Paulus proconsul, Accaronita erat Dionysius Ariopagita.

     For the proconsul Sergius Paulus was an Ekronite; Dionysius the Areopagite was an Ekronite.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Accarōnīta	Accarōnītae
Genitive	Accarōnītae	Accarōnītārum
Dative	Accarōnītae	Accarōnītīs
Accusative	Accarōnītam	Accarōnītās
Ablative	Accarōnītā	Accarōnītīs
Vocative	Accarōnīta	Accarōnītae