βάρακος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares βάλαγρος (bálagros, “kind of barb”) and suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.ra.kos/ → /ˈβa.ra.kos/ → /ˈva.ra.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.ra.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ra.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra.kos/

Noun

βᾰ́ρᾰκος • (bắrăkos) m (genitive βᾰρᾰ́κου); second declension

1. kind of freshwater fish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βᾰ́ρᾰκος; τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βᾰ́ρᾰκος ho bắrăkos	τὼ βᾰρᾰ́κω tṑ bărắkō	οἱ βᾰ́ρᾰκοι hoi bắrăkoi
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́κου toû bărắkou	τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́κοιν toîn bărắkoin	τῶν βᾰρᾰ́κων tôn bărắkōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰρᾰ́κῳ tôi bărắkōi	τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́κοιν toîn bărắkoin	τοῖς βᾰρᾰ́κοις toîs bărắkois
Accusative	τὸν βᾰ́ρᾰκον tòn bắrăkon	τὼ βᾰρᾰ́κω tṑ bărắkō	τοὺς βᾰρᾰ́κους toùs bărắkous
Vocative	βᾰ́ρᾰκε bắrăke	βᾰρᾰ́κω bărắkō	βᾰ́ρᾰκοι bắrăkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βάρακος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βάρακος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN