σενδούκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, “the formation is Pre-Greek”. But it might be reborrowing from an Oriental source like Aramaic צנדוקא (ṣəndūqā) of σῠνθήκη (sŭnthḗkē). Also in the form σάνδυξ (sándux).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sen.dǔː.kɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /senˈdu.ke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /senˈdu.ci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /senˈdu.ci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /senˈdu.ci/

Noun

σενδούκη • (sendoúkē) f (genitive σενδούκης); first declension

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Inflection

First declension of ἡ σενδούκη; τῆς σενδούκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σενδούκη hē sendoúkē	τὼ σενδούκᾱ tṑ sendoúkā	αἱ σενδοῦκαι hai sendoûkai
Genitive	τῆς σενδούκης tês sendoúkēs	τοῖν σενδούκαιν toîn sendoúkain	τῶν σενδουκῶν tôn sendoukôn
Dative	τῇ σενδούκῃ tēî sendoúkēi	τοῖν σενδούκαιν toîn sendoúkain	ταῖς σενδούκαις taîs sendoúkais
Accusative	τὴν σενδούκην tḕn sendoúkēn	τὼ σενδούκᾱ tṑ sendoúkā	τᾱ̀ς σενδούκᾱς tā̀s sendoúkās
Vocative	σενδούκη sendoúkē	σενδούκᾱ sendoúkā	σενδοῦκαι sendoûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σενδούκιον (sendoúkion)

References

“σενδούκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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