ἄρακος

See also: -αράκος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄραχος (árakhos)

Etymology

Likely of Pre-Greek substrate origin, due to the κ-χ interchange with the variant ἄραχος (árakhos), and the suffix -ιδνα (-idna) in the derivative ἀραχιδνα (arakhidna). According to Beekes, not related to Latin arinca (“kind of spelt; olyra”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ra.kos/ → /ˈa.ra.kos/ → /ˈa.ra.kos/

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

Noun

ᾰ̓́ρᾰκος • (ắrăkos) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κου); second declension

1. wild chickling vetch, Lathyrus annuus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓́ρᾰκος; τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓́ρᾰκος ho ắrăkos	τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κω tṑ ărắkō	οἱ ᾰ̓́ρᾰκοι hoi ắrăkoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κου toû ărắkou	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κοιν toîn ărắkoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κων tôn ărắkōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κῳ tôi ărắkōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κοιν toîn ărắkoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κοις toîs ărắkois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓́ρᾰκον tòn ắrăkon	τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κω tṑ ărắkō	τοὺς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κους toùs ărắkous
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ρᾰκε ắrăke	ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κω ărắkō	ᾰ̓́ρᾰκοι ắrăkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀράκινος (arákinos)

Descendants

• Greek: αρακάς m (arakás, “vetch, peas”)
• → Greek: άρακος (árakos) (learned)
• → Translingual: Arachis
  • → New Latin: arachis

Further reading

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

Greek

Noun

ἄρακος • (árakos) m

1. Katharevousa form of αρακάς (arakás, “pea”)