ἕρκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *serḱ-, like Latin sarciō (“I mend”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ér.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈer.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈer.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈer.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈer.kos/
Noun
ἕρκος • (hérkos) n (genitive ἕρκεος or ἕρκους); third declension
- fence, enclosure
- courtyard of houses
- wall for defence; the defence itself
- a net, a toil for birds
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἕρκος; τοῦ ἕρκους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἕρκος tò hérkos | τὼ ἕρκει tṑ hérkei | τᾰ̀ ἕρκη tà hérkē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἕρκους toû hérkous | τοῖν ἑρκοῖν toîn herkoîn | τῶν ἑρκῶν tôn herkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἕρκει tôi hérkei | τοῖν ἑρκοῖν toîn herkoîn | τοῖς ἕρκεσῐ / ἕρκεσῐν toîs hérkesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἕρκος tò hérkos | τὼ ἕρκει tṑ hérkei | τᾰ̀ ἕρκη tà hérkē | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕρκος hérkos | ἕρκει hérkei | ἕρκη hérkē | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ἕρκος; ἕρκεος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἕρκος hérkos | ἕρκει / ἕρκεε hérkei / hérkee | ἕρκεᾰ hérkea | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἕρκεος / ἕρκευς hérkeos / hérkeus | ἑρκέοιν herkéoin | ἑρκέων herkéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἕρκει / ἕρκεῐ̈ hérkei / hérkeï | ἑρκέοιν herkéoin | ἕρκεσῐ / ἕρκεσῐν hérkesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἕρκος hérkos | ἕρκει / ἕρκεε hérkei / hérkee | ἕρκεᾰ hérkea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕρκος hérkos | ἕρκει / ἕρκεε hérkei / hérkee | ἕρκεᾰ hérkea | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἑρκίον (herkíon)
- ἑρκεῖος (herkeîos)
- ἑρκίτης (herkítēs)
- πολῐορκέω (poliorkéō)
Further reading
- “ἕρκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἕρκος 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