καρύκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καρύκκη (karúkkē)

Etymology

Unexplained. Frisk suggested Lydian origin, but the variation points to a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ry̌ː.kɛː/ → /kaˈry.ci/ → /kaˈri.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ry̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈry.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈry.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈry.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈri.ci/

Noun

κᾰρῡ́κη • (karū́kē) f (genitive κᾰρῡ́κης); first declension

1. sauce composed by blood and spices

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰρῡ́κη; τῆς κᾰρῡ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰρῡ́κη hē karū́kē	τὼ κᾰρῡ́κᾱ tṑ karū́kā	αἱ κᾰρῦκαι hai karûkai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰρῡ́κης tês karū́kēs	τοῖν κᾰρῡ́καιν toîn karū́kain	τῶν κᾰρῡκῶν tôn karūkôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰρῡ́κῃ têi karū́kēi	τοῖν κᾰρῡ́καιν toîn karū́kain	ταῖς κᾰρῡ́καις taîs karū́kais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰρῡ́κην tḕn karū́kēn	τὼ κᾰρῡ́κᾱ tṑ karū́kā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰρῡ́κᾱς tā̀s karū́kās
Vocative	κᾰρῡ́κη karū́kē	κᾰρῡ́κᾱ karū́kā	κᾰρῦκαι karûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐκκαρυκεύω (ekkarukeúō)
• καρῡ́κάζω (karū́kázō)
• καρῡ́κείᾱ (karū́keíā)
• καρῡ́́κευμα (karū́́keuma)
• κᾰρῡκεύω (karūkeúō)
• καρῡ́́κινος (karū́́kinos)
• καρῡ́κοειδής (karū́koeidḗs)
• καρῡ́κοποιέω (karū́kopoiéō)
• καρῡ́κοποιός (karū́kopoiós)
• κατακαρυκεύω (katakarukeúō)

 

Further reading

• “καρύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καρύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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