ἄλκη

See also: άλκη, Άλκη, and ἀλκή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), whence also Latin alcēs.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.kɛː/ → /ˈal.ci/ → /ˈal.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci/

Noun

ἄλκη • (álkē) f (genitive ἄλκης); first declension

1. moose, elk

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́λκη; τῆς ᾰ̓́λκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́λκη hē ắlkē	τὼ ᾰ̓́λκᾱ tṑ ắlkā	αἱ ᾰ̓́λκαι hai ắlkai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́λκης tês ắlkēs	τοῖν ᾰ̓́λκαιν toîn ắlkain	τῶν ᾰ̓λκῶν tôn ălkôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́λκῃ têi ắlkēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́λκαιν toîn ắlkain	ταῖς ᾰ̓́λκαις taîs ắlkais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́λκην tḕn ắlkēn	τὼ ᾰ̓́λκᾱ tṑ ắlkā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́λκᾱς tā̀s ắlkās
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λκη ắlkē	ᾰ̓́λκᾱ ắlkā	ᾰ̓́λκαι ắlkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άλκη (álki)

Further reading

• “ἄλκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)