ἀκρωμία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκρώμιον (akrṓmion)

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros, “outermost”) +‎ ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krɔː.mí.aː/ → /a.kroˈmi.a/ → /a.kroˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krɔː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kroˈmi.a/

Noun

ἀκρωμίᾱ • (akrōmíā) f (genitive ἀκρωμίᾱς); first declension

1. (anatomy) acromion, point of the shoulder

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκρωμίᾱ; τῆς ἀκρωμίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκρωμίᾱ hē akrōmíā	τὼ ἀκρωμίᾱ tṑ akrōmíā	αἱ ἀκρωμίαι hai akrōmíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκρωμίᾱς tês akrōmíās	τοῖν ἀκρωμίαιν toîn akrōmíain	τῶν ἀκρωμιῶν tôn akrōmiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκρωμίᾳ têi akrōmíāi	τοῖν ἀκρωμίαιν toîn akrōmíain	ταῖς ἀκρωμίαις taîs akrōmíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκρωμίᾱν tḕn akrōmíān	τὼ ἀκρωμίᾱ tṑ akrōmíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκρωμίᾱς tā̀s akrōmíās
Vocative	ἀκρωμίᾱ akrōmíā	ἀκρωμίᾱ akrōmíā	ἀκρωμίαι akrōmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: acromion

References

• “ἀκρωμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκρωμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκρωμία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)