βῖκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
Maybe from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). Not related to Latin fiscus (“basket”), nor to βαυκάλιον (baukálion, “jug, pitcher”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bîː.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
Noun
βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension
- vase with handles, amphora
- land measure of unknown extension
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βῖκος; τοῦ βῑ́κου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos | τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō | οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou | τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin | τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βῑ́κῳ tôi bī́kōi | τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin | τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon | τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō | τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῖκε bîke | βῑ́κω bī́kō | βῖκοι bîkoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βικίδιον (bikídion)
- βικίον (bikíon)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bîː.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
Noun
βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension
- vetch (Vicia sativa)
- Synonym: ἄρακος (árakos)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βῖκος; τοῦ βῑ́κου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos | τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō | οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou | τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin | τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βῑ́κῳ tôi bī́kōi | τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin | τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon | τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō | τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῖκε bîke | βῑ́κω bī́kō | βῖκοι bîkoi | ||||||||||
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Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“street; hamlet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bîː.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
Noun
βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension
- vicus, neighbourhood
Declension
Second declension of ὁ βῖκος; τοῦ βῑ́κου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos | τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō | οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou | τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin | τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βῑ́κῳ tôi bī́kōi | τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin | τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon | τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō | τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῖκε bîke | βῑ́κω bī́kō | βῖκοι bîkoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- βῖκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βῖκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βῖκος 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