ἄκανθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) +‎ ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἄκᾰνθος • (ákanthos) m or f (genitive ἀκᾰ́νθου); second declension

  1. The acanthus plant

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἄκᾰνθος; τοῦ ἀκᾰ́νθου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἄκᾰνθος
ho ákanthos		 τὼ ἀκᾰ́νθω
tṑ akánthō		 οἱ ἄκᾰνθοι
hoi ákanthoi
Genitive τοῦ ἀκᾰ́νθου
toû akánthou		 τοῖν ἀκᾰ́νθοιν
toîn akánthoin		 τῶν ἀκᾰ́νθων
tôn akánthōn
Dative τῷ ἀκᾰ́νθῳ
tôi akánthōi		 τοῖν ἀκᾰ́νθοιν
toîn akánthoin		 τοῖς ἀκᾰ́νθοις
toîs akánthois
Accusative τὸν ἄκᾰνθον
tòn ákanthon		 τὼ ἀκᾰ́νθω
tṑ akánthō		 τοὺς ἀκᾰ́νθους
toùs akánthous
Vocative ἄκᾰνθε
ákanthe		 ἀκᾰ́νθω
akánthō		 ἄκᾰνθοι
ákanthoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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