σώρακος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σωρός (sōrós, “heap, pile, mound”) +‎ -ᾰκος (-ăkos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̌ː.ra.kos/ → /ˈso.ra.kos/ → /ˈso.ra.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔ̌ː.ra.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ra.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ra.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ra.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ra.kos/

Noun

σώρᾰκος • (sṓrăkos) m (genitive σωρᾰ́κου); second declension

1. basket or box

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σώρᾰκος; τοῦ σωρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σώρᾰκος ho sṓrăkos	τὼ σωρᾰ́κω tṑ sōrắkō	οἱ σώρᾰκοι hoi sṓrăkoi
Genitive	τοῦ σωρᾰ́κου toû sōrắkou	τοῖν σωρᾰ́κοιν toîn sōrắkoin	τῶν σωρᾰ́κων tôn sōrắkōn
Dative	τῷ σωρᾰ́κῳ tôi sōrắkōi	τοῖν σωρᾰ́κοιν toîn sōrắkoin	τοῖς σωρᾰ́κοις toîs sōrắkois
Accusative	τὸν σώρᾰκον tòn sṓrăkon	τὼ σωρᾰ́κω tṑ sōrắkō	τοὺς σωρᾰ́κους toùs sōrắkous
Vocative	σώρᾰκε sṓrăke	σωρᾰ́κω sōrắkō	σώρᾰκοι sṓrăkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σωρακίς (sōrakís)

Descendants

• → Latin: sōracus

Further reading

• “σώρακος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σώρακος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σώρακος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette