βήρηξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βᾱ́ρᾰξ (bā́rax), βήρᾰξ (bḗrax), πᾱ́ρᾰξ (pā́rax)
Etymology
According to Beekes, it is a typical Pre-Greek word, given the suffix -ακ- and the variation β/π.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɛ̌ː.rɛːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbe̝.re̝ks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.riks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.riks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.riks/
Noun
βήρηξ • (bḗrēx) m (genitive βήρηκος); third declension
- kind of loaf or cake made of barley
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ βήρηξ; τοῦ βήρηκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βήρηξ ho bḗrēx | τὼ βήρηκε tṑ bḗrēke | οἱ βήρηκες hoi bḗrēkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βήρηκος toû bḗrēkos | τοῖν βηρήκοιν toîn bērḗkoin | τῶν βηρήκων tôn bērḗkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βήρηκῐ tôi bḗrēki | τοῖν βηρήκοιν toîn bērḗkoin | τοῖς βήρηξῐ / βήρηξῐν toîs bḗrēxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βήρηκᾰ tòn bḗrēka | τὼ βήρηκε tṑ bḗrēke | τοὺς βήρηκᾰς toùs bḗrēkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | βήρηξ bḗrēx | βήρηκε bḗrēke | βήρηκες bḗrēkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βήρηξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βήρηξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βήρηξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βάραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200