κρίκος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Traditionally derived from a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”).[1] However, due to the relation with κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), whose root structure cannot be smoothly reconstructed back to Proto-Indo-European, Beekes is skeptical of current explanations, and refrains from assigning any etymology.[2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krí.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkri.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkri.kos/
Noun
κρῐ́κος • (krĭ́kos) m (genitive κρῐ́κου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κρῐ́κος ho krĭ́kos |
τὼ κρῐ́κω tṑ krĭ́kō |
οἱ κρῐ́κοι hoi krĭ́koi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κρῐ́κου toû krĭ́kou |
τοῖν κρῐ́κοιν toîn krĭ́koin |
τῶν κρῐ́κων tôn krĭ́kōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κρῐ́κῳ tōî krĭ́kōi |
τοῖν κρῐ́κοιν toîn krĭ́koin |
τοῖς κρῐ́κοις toîs krĭ́kois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κρῐ́κον tòn krĭ́kon |
τὼ κρῐ́κω tṑ krĭ́kō |
τοὺς κρῐ́κους toùs krĭ́kous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρῐ́κε krĭ́ke |
κρῐ́κω krĭ́kō |
κρῐ́κοι krĭ́koi | ||||||||||
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References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρίκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 779
Further reading
- “κρίκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρίκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κρίκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κρίκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κρίκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“bend, turn”).
Noun
κρίκος • (kríkos) m (plural κρίκοι)
- link, ring (attached to or part of a chain)
- earring
- (figuratively) link (connection between two people, subjects, etc)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κρίκος (kríkos) | κρίκοι (kríkoi) |
| genitive | κρίκου (kríkou) | κρίκων (kríkon) |
| accusative | κρίκο (kríko) | κρίκους (kríkous) |
| vocative | κρίκε (kríke) | κρίκοι (kríkoi) |