βρύκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the interchange κ/χ with the alternative form βρυχός (brukhós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bry.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bryˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βryˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vryˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vriˈkos/
Noun
βρῠκός • (brukós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension
- herald
- Synonym: κῆρυξ (kêrux)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βρῠκός; τοῦ βρῠκοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βρῠκός ho brukós | τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ | οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brukoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brukoû | τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn | τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brukôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρῠκῷ tôi brukôi | τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn | τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brukoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brukón | τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ | τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brukoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρῠκέ bruké | βρῠκώ brukṓ | βρῠκοί brukoí | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
Beekes compares the word βρίκελοι (bríkeloi, “barbarians”) and concludes that these words are Pre-Greek, in view of the alternation βρικ-/βρυκ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bry.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bryˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βryˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vryˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vriˈkos/
Noun
βρῠκός • (brukós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension
- barbarian
- Synonym: βάρβαρος (bárbaros)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βρῠκός; τοῦ βρῠκοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βρῠκός ho brukós | τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ | οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brukoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brukoû | τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn | τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brukôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρῠκῷ tôi brukôi | τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn | τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brukoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brukón | τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ | τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brukoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρῠκέ bruké | βρῠκώ brukṓ | βρῠκοί brukoí | ||||||||||
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bry.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bryˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βryˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vryˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vriˈkos/
Noun
βρῠκός • (brukós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension
- Alternative form of βροῦκος (broûkos)
Declension
Second declension of ὁ βρῠκός; τοῦ βρῠκοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βρῠκός ho brukós | τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ | οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brukoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brukoû | τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn | τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brukôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρῠκῷ tôi brukôi | τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn | τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brukoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brukón | τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ | τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brukoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρῠκέ bruké | βρῠκώ brukṓ | βρῠκοί brukoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- βρύκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βρύκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN