πικρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pi.krís/ → /piˈkris/ → /piˈkris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pi.krís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈkris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈkris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈkris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈkris/

Noun

πικρῐ́ς • (pikrĭ́s) f (genitive πικρῐ́δος); third declension

1. bristly oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)
2. kind of chicory
3. sour soil

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πικρῐ́ς; τῆς πικρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πικρῐ́ς hē pikrĭ́s	τὼ πικρῐ́δε tṑ pikrĭ́de	αἱ πικρῐ́δες hai pikrĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς πικρῐ́δος tês pikrĭ́dos	τοῖν πικρῐ́δοιν toîn pikrĭ́doin	τῶν πικρῐ́δων tôn pikrĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ πικρῐ́δῐ têi pikrĭ́dĭ	τοῖν πικρῐ́δοιν toîn pikrĭ́doin	ταῖς πικρῐ́σῐ / πικρῐ́σῐν taîs pikrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πικρῐ́δᾰ tḕn pikrĭ́dă	τὼ πικρῐ́δε tṑ pikrĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς πικρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s pikrĭ́dăs
Vocative	πικρῐ́ς pikrĭ́s	πικρῐ́δε pikrĭ́de	πικρῐ́δες pikrĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Picris

Further reading

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