λάρκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Because of ναρκίον (narkíon, “bag, wineskin”), it has been derived from *νάρκος (*nárkos) by influence of λάρναξ (lárnax, “chest, coffin”). However, Beekes finds this hypothesis doubtful.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lár.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlar.kos/
Noun
λάρκος • (lárkos) m (genitive λάρκου); second declension
- charcoal basket
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́ρκος; τοῦ λᾰ́ρκου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λᾰ́ρκος ho lárkos | τὼ λᾰ́ρκω tṑ lárkō | οἱ λᾰ́ρκοι hoi lárkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾰ́ρκου toû lárkou | τοῖν λᾰ́ρκοιν toîn lárkoin | τῶν λᾰ́ρκων tôn lárkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾰ́ρκῳ tôi lárkōi | τοῖν λᾰ́ρκοιν toîn lárkoin | τοῖς λᾰ́ρκοις toîs lárkois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λᾰ́ρκον tòn lárkon | τὼ λᾰ́ρκω tṑ lárkō | τοὺς λᾰ́ρκους toùs lárkous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰ́ρκε lárke | λᾰ́ρκω lárkō | λᾰ́ρκοι lárkoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λαρκαγωγός (larkagōgós)
- λαρκίδιον (larkídion)
- λαρκοφορέω (larkophoréō)
Further reading
- λάρκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάρκος 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, →ISBN