βῖκος
See also: βίκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
Maybe from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). Not related to Latin fiscus (“basket”), nor to βαυκάλιον (baukálion, “jug, pitcher”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bîː.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
Noun
βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos |
τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō |
οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou |
τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin |
τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βῑ́κῳ tôi bī́kōi |
τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin |
τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon |
τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō |
τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῖκε bîke |
βῑ́κω bī́kō |
βῖκοι bîkoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βικίδιον (bikídion)
- βικίον (bikíon)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bîː.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.kos/
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos |
τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō |
οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou |
τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin |
τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βῑ́κῳ tôi bī́kōi |
τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin |
τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon |
τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō |
τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῖκε bîke |
βῑ́κω bī́kō |
βῖκοι bîkoi | ||||||||||
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References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βῖκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
Further reading
- “βῖκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βῖκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βῖκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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