πεύκη

πεύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewḱ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pěu̯.kɛː/ → /ˈpeɸ.ci/ → /ˈpef.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pěu̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpew.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɸ.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpef.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpef.ci/

Noun

πεύκη • (peúkē) f (genitive πεύκης); first declension

1. pine
2. anything made from the wood of the tree, torch of pine-wood
3. wooden writing-tablet

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πεύκη; τῆς πεύκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πεύκη hē peúkē	τὼ πεύκᾱ tṑ peúkā	αἱ πεῦκαι hai peûkai
Genitive	τῆς πεύκης tês peúkēs	τοῖν πεύκαιν toîn peúkain	τῶν πευκῶν tôn peukôn
Dative	τῇ πεύκῃ têi peúkēi	τοῖν πεύκαιν toîn peúkain	ταῖς πεύκαις taîs peúkais
Accusative	τὴν πεύκην tḕn peúkēn	τὼ πεύκᾱ tṑ peúkā	τᾱ̀ς πεύκᾱς tā̀s peúkās
Vocative	πεύκη peúkē	πεύκᾱ peúkā	πεῦκαι peûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• πίτυς (pítus)

Derived terms

• πεύκινος (peúkinos)

Descendants

• Greek: πεύκο (péfko)

Further reading

• “πεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πεύκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πεύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πεύκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brand idem, page 93.
  • fir idem, page 322.
  • fire-brand idem, page 322.
  • lamp idem, page 474.
  • pine idem, page 613.
  • torch idem, page 881.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεύκη (peúkē).

Noun

πεύκη • (péfki) f (plural πεύκες)

1. Alternative form of πεύκο (péfko)

Declension

declension of πεύκη

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	πεύκη •	πεύκες •
genitive	πεύκης •	—
accusative	πεύκη •	πεύκες •
vocative	πεύκη •	πεύκες •