οὑκ

See also: ΟΥΚ and οὐκ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /huːk/ → /uk/ → /uk/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /huːk/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)uk/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uk/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uk/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uk/

Phrase

οὑκ • (houk) (governs the genitive)

1. (Attic) crasis of ὁ ἐκ (ho ek)
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 501–502, (lyric poetry):^[1]

     μὰ Δί’ ἀλλ’ ἀληθῶς οὑκ Μελίτης μαστιγίας.
     φέρε νυν ἐγὼ τὰ στρώματ’ αἴρωμαι ταδί.

     mà Dí’ all’ alēthôs houk Melítēs mastigías.
     phére nun egṑ tà strṓmat’ aírōmai tadí.

     • Translation by Matthew Dillon^[2]

       Oh no, you’ll be a regular whipping-boy of Melite,
       Let’s go, I’ll take up the pack here.

Further reading

• “οὑκ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press