βαυκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The suffix is similar to γλαυκός (glaukós), σαυκός (saukós), φολκός (pholkós). According to Beekes, it is probably a Pre-Greek adjective. It is uncertain whether the gloss βαυκίδες (baukídes, “woman's shoes”) belongs to this word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bau̯.kós/ → /βaɸˈkos/ → /vafˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bau̯.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baʍˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaɸˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vafˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vafˈkos/

Adjective

βαυκός • (baukós) m (feminine βαυκή, neuter βαυκόν); first/second declension

1. affected, prudish

Inflection

First and second declension of βαυκός; βαυκή; βαυκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βαυκός baukós	βαυκή baukḗ	βαυκόν baukón		βαυκώ baukṓ	βαυκᾱ́ baukā́	βαυκώ baukṓ		βαυκοί baukoí	βαυκαί baukaí	βαυκᾰ́ bauká
Genitive		βαυκοῦ baukoû	βαυκῆς baukês	βαυκοῦ baukoû		βαυκοῖν baukoîn	βαυκαῖν baukaîn	βαυκοῖν baukoîn		βαυκῶν baukôn	βαυκῶν baukôn	βαυκῶν baukôn
Dative		βαυκῷ baukôi	βαυκῇ baukêi	βαυκῷ baukôi		βαυκοῖν baukoîn	βαυκαῖν baukaîn	βαυκοῖν baukoîn		βαυκοῖς baukoîs	βαυκαῖς baukaîs	βαυκοῖς baukoîs
Accusative		βαυκόν baukón	βαυκήν baukḗn	βαυκόν baukón		βαυκώ baukṓ	βαυκᾱ́ baukā́	βαυκώ baukṓ		βαυκούς baukoús	βαυκᾱ́ς baukā́s	βαυκᾰ́ bauká
Vocative		βαυκέ bauké	βαυκή baukḗ	βαυκόν baukón		βαυκώ baukṓ	βαυκᾱ́ baukā́	βαυκώ baukṓ		βαυκοί baukoí	βαυκαί baukaí	βαυκᾰ́ bauká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βαυκῶς baukôs				βαυκότερος baukóteros				βαυκότᾰτος baukótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βαυκοπᾰνοῦργος (baukopanoûrgos)
• βαυκῐ́δες (baukídes)
• βαυκῐ́ζω (baukízō)
• βαυκῐσμός (baukismós)
• βαύκῐσμᾰ (baúkisma)

 

Further reading

• “βαυκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαυκός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαυκός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαυκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207