λάρκος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Because of ναρκίον (narkíon, “bag, wineskin”), it has been derived from *νάρκος (*nárkos) by influence of λάρναξ (lárnax, “chest, coffin”). However, Beekes finds this hypothesis doubtful.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lár.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
Noun
[edit]λάρκος • (lárkos) m (genitive λάρκου); second declension
- charcoal basket
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 333:
- ὡς ἀπωλόμεσθ'. ὁ λάρκος δημότης ὅδ' ἔστ' ἐμός.
- hōs apōlómesth'. ho lárkos dēmótēs hód' ést' emós.
- Oh, how we are undone! This charcoal basket here is my fellow citizen.
- ὡς ἀπωλόμεσθ'. ὁ λάρκος δημότης ὅδ' ἔστ' ἐμός.
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λᾰ́ρκος ho lárkos |
τὼ λᾰ́ρκω tṑ lárkō |
οἱ λᾰ́ρκοι hoi lárkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾰ́ρκου toû lárkou |
τοῖν λᾰ́ρκοιν toîn lárkoin |
τῶν λᾰ́ρκων tôn lárkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾰ́ρκῳ tôi lárkōi |
τοῖν λᾰ́ρκοιν toîn lárkoin |
τοῖς λᾰ́ρκοις toîs lárkois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λᾰ́ρκον tòn lárkon |
τὼ λᾰ́ρκω tṑ lárkō |
τοὺς λᾰ́ρκους toùs lárkous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰ́ρκε lárke |
λᾰ́ρκω lárkō |
λᾰ́ρκοι lárkoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- λαρκαγωγός (larkagōgós)
- λαρκίδιον (larkídion)
- λαρκοφορέω (larkophoréō)
Further reading
[edit]- “λάρκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάρκος 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
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