πικρίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -ίς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pi.krís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈkris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈkris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈkris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈkris/
Noun
πικρῐ́ς • (pikrĭ́s) f (genitive πικρῐ́δος); third declension
- bristly oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)
- kind of chicory
- sour soil
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πικρῐ́ς hē pikrĭ́s |
τὼ πικρῐ́δε tṑ pikrĭ́de |
αἱ πικρῐ́δες hai pikrĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πικρῐ́δος tês pikrĭ́dos |
τοῖν πικρῐ́δοιν toîn pikrĭ́doin |
τῶν πικρῐ́δων tôn pikrĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πικρῐ́δῐ tēî pikrĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν πικρῐ́δοιν toîn pikrĭ́doin |
ταῖς πικρῐ́σῐ / πικρῐ́σῐν taîs pikrĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πικρῐ́δᾰ tḕn pikrĭ́dă |
τὼ πικρῐ́δε tṑ pikrĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς πικρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s pikrĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πικρῐ́ς pikrĭ́s |
πικρῐ́δε pikrĭ́de |
πικρῐ́δες pikrĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Picris
Further reading
- “πικρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πικρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette