βώκαρος
See also: Βώκᾰρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Lewy connects the word with Hebrew ביכורים (bikkūrīm, “first fruits”), which comes from the stem [script needed] (bakār, “to be premature”), suggesting a Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɔ̌ː.ka.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbo.ka.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβo.ka.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvo.ka.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvo.ka.ros/
Noun
βώκᾰρος • (bṓkaros) m (genitive βωκᾰ́ρου); second declension
- (at Troezen) spring
- Synonym: ἔᾰρ (éar)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βώκᾰρος; τοῦ βωκᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βώκᾰρος ho bṓkaros | τὼ βωκᾰ́ρω tṑ bōkárō | οἱ βώκᾰροι hoi bṓkaroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βωκᾰ́ρου toû bōkárou | τοῖν βωκᾰ́ροιν toîn bōkároin | τῶν βωκᾰ́ρων tôn bōkárōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βωκᾰ́ρῳ tôi bōkárōi | βωκᾰ́ροιν bōkároin | τοῖς βωκᾰ́ροις toîs bōkárois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βώκᾰρον tòn bṓkaron | βωκᾰ́ρω bōkárō | τοὺς βωκᾰ́ρους toùs bōkárous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βώκᾰρε bṓkare | βωκᾰ́ρω bōkárō | βώκᾰροι bṓkaroi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- βώκαρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βώκαρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2021)
- Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 173