ἀκρωτήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A derivative of ἄκρος (ákros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /a.kroˈti.ri.on/ → /a.kroˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krɔː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈti.ri.on/

Noun

ἀκρωτήρῐον • (akrōtḗrion) n (genitive ἀκρωτηρίου); second declension

1. cape, headland, promontory
2. extremity

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀκρωτήρῐον; τοῦ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀκρωτήρῐον tò akrōtḗrion	τὼ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ω tṑ akrōtēríō	τᾰ̀ ἀκρωτήρῐᾰ tà akrōtḗria
Genitive	τοῦ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ου toû akrōtēríou	τοῖν ἀκρωτηρῐ́οιν toîn akrōtēríoin	τῶν ἀκρωτηρῐ́ων tôn akrōtēríōn
Dative	τῷ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ῳ tôi akrōtēríōi	τοῖν ἀκρωτηρῐ́οιν toîn akrōtēríoin	τοῖς ἀκρωτηρῐ́οις toîs akrōtēríois
Accusative	τὸ ἀκρωτήρῐον tò akrōtḗrion	τὼ ἀκρωτηρῐ́ω tṑ akrōtēríō	τᾰ̀ ἀκρωτήρῐᾰ tà akrōtḗria
Vocative	ἀκρωτήρῐον akrōtḗrion	ἀκρωτηρῐ́ω akrōtēríō	ἀκρωτήρῐᾰ akrōtḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ακρωτήριο (akrotírio)
• → Latin: acrōtērium
  • → English: acroterium
  • → Polish: akroterium
• →⇒ English: acroteric

Further reading

• ἀκρωτήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκρωτήριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀκρωτήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκρωτήριον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cape idem, page 111.
  • foreland idem, page 336.
  • headland idem, page 391.
  • point idem, page 623.
  • promontory idem, page 653.