ἀχαιμενίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.nís/ → /a.çɛ.meˈnis/ → /a.çe.meˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰai̯.me.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰɛ.meˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.çɛ.meˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.çe.meˈnis/

Noun

ἀχαιμενῐ́ς • (akhaimenís) f (genitive ἀχαιμενῐ́δος); third declension

1. felty germander (Teucrium polium)

   Synonyms: ἐβενῖτῐς (ebenîtis), πόλῐον (pólion), τεύθρῐον (teúthrion)

2. antique spurge (Euphorbia antiquorum)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀχαιμενῐ́ς; τῆς ἀχαιμενῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀχαιμενῐ́ς hē akhaimenís	τὼ ἀχαιμενῐ́δε tṑ akhaimeníde	αἱ ἀχαιμενῐ́δες hai akhaimenídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀχαιμενῐ́δος tês akhaimenídos	τοῖν ἀχαιμενῐ́δοιν toîn akhaimenídoin	τῶν ἀχαιμενῐ́δων tôn akhaimenídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀχαιμενῐ́δῐ têi akhaimenídi	τοῖν ἀχαιμενῐ́δοιν toîn akhaimenídoin	ταῖς ἀχαιμενῐ́σῐ / ἀχαιμενῐ́σῐν taîs akhaimenísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀχαιμενῐ́δᾰ tḕn akhaimenída	τὼ ἀχαιμενῐ́δε tṑ akhaimeníde	τᾱ̀ς ἀχαιμενῐ́δᾰς tā̀s akhaimenídas
Vocative	ἀχαιμενῐ́ς akhaimenís	ἀχαιμενῐ́δε akhaimeníde	ἀχαιμενῐ́δες akhaimenídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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