νῶκαρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Frisk includes this word under the derivatives of the root *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”), but a long vowel is entirely unmotivated in this formation. On the other hand, Furnée connects it with νωχελής (nōkhelḗs, “slow, sluggish, dull”), which fits well semantically. The ending -αρ is typical of Pre-Greek words, like ἐλίμαρ (elímar), κύδαρ (kúdar) and σῦφαρ (sûphar).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɔ̂ː.kar/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈno.kar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈno.kar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈno.kar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈno.kar/
Noun
νῶκᾰρ • (nôkar) n (genitive νώκᾰρος); third declension
- lethargy, deep sleep
- Synonym: κῶμα (kôma)
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ νῶκᾰρ; τοῦ νώκᾰρος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ νῶκᾰρ tò nôkar | τὼ νώκᾰρε tṑ nṓkare | τᾰ̀ νώκᾰρᾰ tà nṓkara | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νώκᾰρος toû nṓkaros | τοῖν νωκᾰ́ροιν toîn nōkároin | τῶν νωκᾰ́ρων tôn nōkárōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νώκᾰρῐ tôi nṓkari | νωκᾰ́ροιν nōkároin | τοῖς νώκᾰρσῐ / νώκᾰρσῐν toîs nṓkarsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ νῶκᾰρ tò nôkar | νώκᾰρε nṓkare | τᾰ̀ νώκᾰρᾰ tà nṓkara | ||||||||||
Vocative | νῶκᾰρ nôkar | νώκᾰρε nṓkare | νώκᾰρᾰ nṓkara | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- νωκαρώδης (nōkarṓdēs)
Further reading
- νῶκαρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νῶκαρ 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