ἀκανθίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) +‎ -ίων (-íōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰí.ɔːn/ → /a.kanˈθi.on/ → /a.kanˈθi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kan.tʰí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈtʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kanˈθi.on/

Noun

ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων • (akanthíōn) m (genitive ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονος); third declension

1. hedgehog

   Synonym: χήρ (khḗr)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων; τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ων ho akanthíōn	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονε tṑ akanthíone	οἱ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονες hoi akanthíones
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονος toû akanthíonos	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐόνοιν toîn akanthiónoin	τῶν ἀκᾰνθῐόνων tôn akanthiónōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονῐ tôi akanthíoni	τοῖν ἀκᾰνθῐόνοιν toîn akanthiónoin	τοῖς ἀκᾰνθῐ́οσῐ / ἀκᾰνθῐ́οσῐν toîs akanthíosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονᾰ tòn akanthíona	τὼ ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονε tṑ akanthíone	τοὺς ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονᾰς toùs akanthíonas
Vocative	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ον akanthíon	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονε akanthíone	ἀκᾰνθῐ́ονες akanthíones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκανθίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκανθίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκανθίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)