παρδακός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾰρδοκός (părdokós), πορδᾰκός (pordăkós)

Etymology

The variations show that the word is Pre-Greek. Furnée further adduces ἄρδω (árdō, “to irrigate”), but this is unlikely.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /par.da.kós/ → /par.ðaˈkos/ → /par.ðaˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /par.da.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /par.daˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /par.ðaˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /par.ðaˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /par.ðaˈkos/

Adjective

πᾰρδᾰκός • (părdăkós) m or f (neuter πᾰρδᾰκόν); second declension

1. wet, moist, damp

   Synonyms: νοτερός (noterós), πλᾰδᾰρός (plădărós), ὑγρός (hugrós)

Declension

Second declension of πᾰρδᾰκός; πᾰρδᾰκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰρδᾰκός părdăkós	πᾰρδᾰκόν părdăkón		πᾰρδᾰκώ părdăkṓ	πᾰρδᾰκώ părdăkṓ		πᾰρδᾰκοί părdăkoí	πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ părdăkắ
Genitive		πᾰρδᾰκοῦ părdăkoû	πᾰρδᾰκοῦ părdăkoû		πᾰρδᾰκοῖν părdăkoîn	πᾰρδᾰκοῖν părdăkoîn		πᾰρδᾰκῶν părdăkôn	πᾰρδᾰκῶν părdăkôn
Dative		πᾰρδᾰκῷ părdăkôi	πᾰρδᾰκῷ părdăkôi		πᾰρδᾰκοῖν părdăkoîn	πᾰρδᾰκοῖν părdăkoîn		πᾰρδᾰκοῖς părdăkoîs	πᾰρδᾰκοῖς părdăkoîs
Accusative		πᾰρδᾰκόν părdăkón	πᾰρδᾰκόν părdăkón		πᾰρδᾰκώ părdăkṓ	πᾰρδᾰκώ părdăkṓ		πᾰρδᾰκούς părdăkoús	πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ părdăkắ
Vocative		πᾰρδᾰκέ părdăké	πᾰρδᾰκόν părdăkón		πᾰρδᾰκώ părdăkṓ	πᾰρδᾰκώ părdăkṓ		πᾰρδᾰκοί părdăkoí	πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ părdăkắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰρδᾰκῶς părdăkôs			πᾰρδᾰκώτερος părdăkṓteros			πᾰρδᾰκώτᾰτος părdăkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παρδακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παρδακός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παρδακός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1152