ἀχύρινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄχυρον (ákhuron, “chaff”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰý.ri.nos/ → /aˈçy.ri.nos/ → /aˈçi.ri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰý.ri.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰy.ri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈçy.ri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈçy.ri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈçi.ri.nos/

Adjective

ἀχύρῐνος • (akhúrinos) m (feminine ἀχῠρίνη, neuter ἀχύρῐνον); first/second declension

1. fed by chaff

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀχύρῐνος; ἀχυρῐ́νη; ἀχύρῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀχύρῐνος akhúrinos	ἀχυρῐ́νη akhurínē	ἀχύρῐνον akhúrinon		ἀχυρῐ́νω akhurínō	ἀχυρῐ́νᾱ akhurínā	ἀχυρῐ́νω akhurínō		ἀχύρῐνοι akhúrinoi	ἀχύρῐναι akhúrinai	ἀχύρῐνᾰ akhúrina
Genitive		ἀχυρῐ́νου akhurínou	ἀχυρῐ́νης akhurínēs	ἀχυρῐ́νου akhurínou		ἀχυρῐ́νοιν akhurínoin	ἀχυρῐ́ναιν akhurínain	ἀχυρῐ́νοιν akhurínoin		ἀχυρῐ́νων akhurínōn	ἀχυρῐ́νων akhurínōn	ἀχυρῐ́νων akhurínōn
Dative		ἀχυρῐ́νῳ akhurínōi	ἀχυρῐ́νῃ akhurínēi	ἀχυρῐ́νῳ akhurínōi		ἀχυρῐ́νοιν akhurínoin	ἀχυρῐ́ναιν akhurínain	ἀχυρῐ́νοιν akhurínoin		ἀχυρῐ́νοις akhurínois	ἀχυρῐ́ναις akhurínais	ἀχυρῐ́νοις akhurínois
Accusative		ἀχύρῐνον akhúrinon	ἀχυρῐ́νην akhurínēn	ἀχύρῐνον akhúrinon		ἀχυρῐ́νω akhurínō	ἀχυρῐ́νᾱ akhurínā	ἀχυρῐ́νω akhurínō		ἀχυρῐ́νους akhurínous	ἀχυρῐ́νᾱς akhurínās	ἀχύρῐνᾰ akhúrina
Vocative		ἀχύρῐνε akhúrine	ἀχυρῐ́νη akhurínē	ἀχύρῐνον akhúrinon		ἀχυρῐ́νω akhurínō	ἀχυρῐ́νᾱ akhurínā	ἀχυρῐ́νω akhurínō		ἀχύρῐνοι akhúrinoi	ἀχύρῐναι akhúrinai	ἀχύρῐνᾰ akhúrina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀχυρῐ́νως akhurínōs				ἀχυρῐνώτερος akhurinṓteros				ἀχυρῐνώτᾰτος akhurinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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