πελίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of πέλλα (pélla, “milk pail”), in view of the variation -λ-/-λλ-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πελῐ́κη • (pelĭ́kē) f (genitive πελῐ́κης); first declension

  1. Pollux gives the definition as: χοῦς (khoûs, “a measure of capacity”), λεκάνη (lekánē, “dish, pot, pan”).
  2. pelike, a ceramic container similar to an amphora

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πελῐ́κη; τῆς πελῐ́κης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πελῐ́κη
hē pelĭ́kē 		τὼ πελῐ́κᾱ
tṑ pelĭ́kā 		αἱ πελῐ́και
hai pelĭ́kai
Genitive τῆς πελῐ́κης
tês pelĭ́kēs 		τοῖν πελῐ́καιν
toîn pelĭ́kain 		τῶν πελῐκῶν
tôn pelĭkôn
Dative τῇ πελῐ́κῃ
tēî pelĭ́kēi 		τοῖν πελῐ́καιν
toîn pelĭ́kain 		ταῖς πελῐ́καις
taîs pelĭ́kais
Accusative τὴν πελῐ́κην
tḕn pelĭ́kēn 		τὼ πελῐ́κᾱ
tṑ pelĭ́kā 		τᾱ̀ς πελῐ́κᾱς
tā̀s pelĭ́kās
Vocative πελῐ́κη
pelĭ́kē 		πελῐ́κᾱ
pelĭ́kā 		πελῐ́και
pelĭ́kai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: pelike

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