ῥικνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, weave, bind”). Cognate with Latin rīca (“veil”), English wry, German reihen (“to crimp”) and Ancient Greek ῥοικός (rhoikós, “bent, crooked”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥i.knós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /riˈknos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /riˈknos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /riˈknos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /riˈknos/
Adjective
ῥικνός • (rhiknós) m (feminine ῥικνή, neuter ῥικνόν); first/second declension
- shrivelled by cold, by age or by disease
- shrunk, contracted
- withered, crooked
Inflection
First and second declension of ῥικνός; ῥικνή; ῥικνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ῥικνός rhiknós | ῥικνή rhiknḗ | ῥικνόν rhiknón | ῥικνώ rhiknṓ | ῥικνᾱ́ rhiknā́ | ῥικνώ rhiknṓ | ῥικνοί rhiknoí | ῥικναί rhiknaí | ῥικνᾰ́ rhikná | |||||
Genitive | ῥικνοῦ rhiknoû | ῥικνῆς rhiknês | ῥικνοῦ rhiknoû | ῥικνοῖν rhiknoîn | ῥικναῖν rhiknaîn | ῥικνοῖν rhiknoîn | ῥικνῶν rhiknôn | ῥικνῶν rhiknôn | ῥικνῶν rhiknôn | |||||
Dative | ῥικνῷ rhiknôi | ῥικνῇ rhiknêi | ῥικνῷ rhiknôi | ῥικνοῖν rhiknoîn | ῥικναῖν rhiknaîn | ῥικνοῖν rhiknoîn | ῥικνοῖς rhiknoîs | ῥικναῖς rhiknaîs | ῥικνοῖς rhiknoîs | |||||
Accusative | ῥικνόν rhiknón | ῥικνήν rhiknḗn | ῥικνόν rhiknón | ῥικνώ rhiknṓ | ῥικνᾱ́ rhiknā́ | ῥικνώ rhiknṓ | ῥικνούς rhiknoús | ῥικνᾱ́ς rhiknā́s | ῥικνᾰ́ rhikná | |||||
Vocative | ῥικνέ rhikné | ῥικνή rhiknḗ | ῥικνόν rhiknón | ῥικνώ rhiknṓ | ῥικνᾱ́ rhiknā́ | ῥικνώ rhiknṓ | ῥικνοί rhiknoí | ῥικναί rhiknaí | ῥικνᾰ́ rhikná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ῥικνῶς rhiknôs | ῥικνότερος rhiknóteros | ῥικνότᾰτος rhiknótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥικνώδής (rhiknṓdḗs)
- ῥικνότης (rhiknótēs)
- ῥικνήεις (rhiknḗeis)
References
- “ῥικνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥικνός 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