ἄκριθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “un-, not”) +‎ κρῑθή (krīthḗ, “barley”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.kriː.tʰos/ → /ˈa.kri.θos/ → /ˈa.kri.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.kriː.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kri.θos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́κρῑθος • (ákrīthos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́κρῑθον); second declension

1. (of wheat) not mixed with barley

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́κρῑθος; ᾰ̓́κρῑθον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́κρῑθος ákrīthos	ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ákrīthon		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω akrī́thō	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω akrī́thō		ᾰ̓́κρῑθοι ákrīthoi	ᾰ̓́κρῑθᾰ ákrītha
Genitive		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θου akrī́thou	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θου akrī́thou		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν akrī́thoin	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν akrī́thoin		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θων akrī́thōn	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θων akrī́thōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θῳ akrī́thōi	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θῳ akrī́thōi		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν akrī́thoin	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοιν akrī́thoin		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοις akrī́thois	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θοις akrī́thois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ákrīthon	ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ákrīthon		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω akrī́thō	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω akrī́thō		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θους akrī́thous	ᾰ̓́κρῑθᾰ ákrītha
Vocative		ᾰ̓́κρῑθε ákrīthe	ᾰ̓́κρῑθον ákrīthon		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω akrī́thō	ᾰ̓κρῑ́θω akrī́thō		ᾰ̓́κρῑθοι ákrīthoi	ᾰ̓́κρῑθᾰ ákrītha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κρῑ́θως akrī́thōs			ᾰ̓κρῑθότερος akrīthóteros			ᾰ̓κρῑθότᾰτος akrīthótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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