ὕρχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὔρχη (úrkhē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, a technical word of Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὕρχη • (húrkhē) f (genitive ὕρχης); first declension

  1. A jar for pickles or for wine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὕρχη; τῆς ὕρχης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ὕρχη
hē húrkhē 		τὼ ὕρχᾱ
tṑ húrkhā 		αἱ ὕρχαι
hai húrkhai
Genitive τῆς ὕρχης
tês húrkhēs 		τοῖν ὕρχαιν
toîn húrkhain 		τῶν ὑρχῶν
tôn hurkhôn
Dative τῇ ὕρχῃ
tēî húrkhēi 		τοῖν ὕρχαιν
toîn húrkhain 		ταῖς ὕρχαις
taîs húrkhais
Accusative τὴν ὕρχην
tḕn húrkhēn 		τὼ ὕρχᾱ
tṑ húrkhā 		τᾱ̀ς ὕρχᾱς
tā̀s húrkhās
Vocative ὕρχη
húrkhē 		ὕρχᾱ
húrkhā 		ὕρχαι
húrkhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • →? Carian: 𐊫𐊥𐊽 (ork)
  • →? Latin: orca (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕρχη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1537

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