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ἀκινάκης

akinakes

short sword of Persians and Scythians

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1. ἀκϊνάκης · akinakēs — Beekes

ἀκϊνάκης [πλ.] ‘short sword of Persians and Scythians’ (Hdt.). “Ν ΑΚ κινάκης (S. fr. 1061); the τ waslong in Hor. Od.1, 27,5. eETYM Perhaps an Iranian loan: Benveniste 1940b: 202 compares kyn’k; see further Bailey TPS 1955: 69. However, κινάκης in Sophocles (Belardi 1969: 202) could suggest that the word is Pre-Greek rather than Iranian. It is supposed that axivaypa = 52 ἀκιρίς — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκϊνάκης, p. 98]

2. ἀκινάκης · akinakēs — Frisk

ἀκινάκης m. ‘krummer Säbel der Perser und Skythen’ (Hdt., X., Lok. u.a.). Aus dem Iranischen; nähere Herkunft unbekannt. Unter dem Einfluß von ἀκινάκης scheinen ἀκίναγμα = τίναγμα (Lyr. Adesp. 30B) und ἀκιναγμός" τιναγμός, κίνησις H., evtl. durch *dxwdoow = τινάσσω vermittelt, zunächst in der Sprache der Komödie aufgekommen zu sein (Mansion Les gutturales grecques 64). — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκινάκης, p. 83]

3. ἀκινάκης · akinakēs — Frisk

ἀκινάκης. Zu ξορά. kyn’k. Lit. bei Chantr.; dazu Bailey Trans. Phil. Soc. 1955, 69. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκινάκης, p. 2150]

4. ἀκινάκης · akinakēs — LSJ

short straight sword, sword

Persian word, short straight sword, Hdt. (v. infr.), cf. X. An. 1.2.27 (also acc. -άκεα Hdt. 3.118; pl. -άκεας v.l. ib. 128); ἀ. ἐπίχρυσος, a Persian sword kept in the Parthenon, IG 1.170.17, cf. 2.646.11; νὴ τὸν ἀκινάκην, a Scythian oath, Luc. Tox. 38, cf. JTr. 42. [ăcīnăces in Hor. Od. 1.27.5.]

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀκινάκης (scan pp. 98-99; entry #289).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀκινάκης (scan p. 83; entry #275).

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