1. ἀκϊνάκης · akinakēs — Beekes
short sword of Persians and Scythians
The corpus record
ἀκινάκης
akinakes
short sword of Persians and Scythians
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Judith 2 · 2.28/10k
- Against Timocrates 1 · 0.69/10k
- Histories 10 · 0.54/10k
- Cyropaedia 3 · 0.38/10k
- Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Senses
2. ἀκινάκης · akinakēs — Frisk
krummer Säbel der Perser und Skythen
3. ἀκινάκης · akinakēs — Frisk
Zu ξορά
4. ἀκινάκης · akinakēs — LSJ
short straight sword
Attestations
- ἀκινάκας · akinakas Plato, Republic 8.553 (DIORISIS sentence 4924)
- ἀκινάκας · akinakas Herodotus, Histories 3.128.5 (DIORISIS sentence 3852)
- ἀκινάκης · akinakēs Herodotus, Histories 4.62.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4450)
- ἀκινάκῃ · akinakēi Herodotus, Histories 4.62.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4451)
- ἀκινάκεω · akinakeō Herodotus, Histories 4.62.3 (DIORISIS sentence 4453)
- ἀκινάκην · akinakēn Herodotus, Histories 4.70.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4498)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 98-99; entry #289 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 83; entry #275 Review: Under source audit
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