βρύκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the interchange κ/χ with the alternative form βρυχός (brukhós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bry.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bryˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βryˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vryˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vriˈkos/
Noun
βρῠκός • (brŭkós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βρῠκός ho brŭkós |
τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brŭkṓ |
οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brŭkoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brŭkoû |
τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brŭkoîn |
τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brŭkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρῠκῷ tōî brŭkōî |
τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brŭkoîn |
τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brŭkoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brŭkón |
τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brŭkṓ |
τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brŭkoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρῠκέ brŭké |
βρῠκώ brŭkṓ |
βρῠκοί brŭkoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Etymology 2
Beekes compares the word βρίκελοι (bríkeloi, “barbarians”) and concludes that these words are Pre-Greek, in view of the alternation βρικ-/βρυκ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bry.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bryˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βryˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vryˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vriˈkos/
Noun
βρῠκός • (brŭkós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βρῠκός ho brŭkós |
τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brŭkṓ |
οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brŭkoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brŭkoû |
τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brŭkoîn |
τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brŭkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρῠκῷ tōî brŭkōî |
τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brŭkoîn |
τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brŭkoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brŭkón |
τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brŭkṓ |
τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brŭkoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρῠκέ brŭké |
βρῠκώ brŭkṓ |
βρῠκοί brŭkoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bry.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bryˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βryˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vryˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vriˈkos/
Noun
βρῠκός • (brŭkós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension
- alternative form of βροῦκος (broûkos)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βρῠκός ho brŭkós |
τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brŭkṓ |
οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brŭkoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brŭkoû |
τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brŭkoîn |
τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brŭkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρῠκῷ tōî brŭkōî |
τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brŭkoîn |
τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brŭkoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brŭkón |
τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brŭkṓ |
τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brŭkoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρῠκέ brŭké |
βρῠκώ brŭkṓ |
βρῠκοί brŭkoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- “βρύκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βρύκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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