κάχρυς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κάχρυ (kákhru)
Etymology
The word has been connected with κέγχρος (kénkhros, “millet”), but the meaning of this noun rather points towards a connection with κάγκανος (kánkanos, “arid, barren”). Probably of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.kʰrys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.kʰrys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.xrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.xrys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.xris/
Noun
κάχρῠς • (kákhrus) f (genitive κάχρῠος); third declension
- parched barley
- (botany) winter bud
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́χρῠς; τῆς κᾰ́χρῠος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰ́χρῠς hē kákhrus | τὼ κᾰ́χρῠε tṑ kákhrue | αἱ κᾰ́χρῠες hai kákhrues | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰ́χρῠος tês kákhruos | τοῖν κᾰχρῠ́οιν toîn kakhrúoin | τῶν κᾰχρῠ́ων tôn kakhrúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰ́χρῠῐ̈ / κᾰ́χρυι têi kákhruï / kákhrui | τοῖν κᾰχρῠ́οιν toîn kakhrúoin | ταῖς κᾰ́χρῠσῐ / κᾰ́χρῠσῐν taîs kákhrusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰ́χρῠν tḕn kákhrun | τὼ κᾰ́χρῠε tṑ kákhrue | τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́χρῡς / κᾰ́χρῠᾰς tā̀s kákhrūs / kákhruas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́χρῠ kákhru | κᾰ́χρῠε kákhrue | κᾰ́χρῠες kákhrues | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- καχρύδια (kakhrúdia)
- καχρυδίας (kakhrudías)
- καχρυόεις (kakhruóeis)
- καχρυοφόρος (kakhruophóros)
- καχρυώδης (kakhruṓdēs)
References
- κάχρυς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάχρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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