θαλυκρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek and related to θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.ly.krós/ → /θa.lyˈkros/ → /θa.liˈkros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.ly.krós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰa.lyˈkros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θa.lyˈkros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θa.lyˈkros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θa.liˈkros/

Adjective

θᾰλυκρός • (thalukrós) m (feminine θᾰλυκρᾱ́, neuter θᾰλυκρόν); first/second declension

1. hot, glowing

Inflection

First and second declension of θᾰλυκρός; θᾰλυκρᾱ́; θᾰλυκρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θᾰλυκρός thalukrós	θᾰλυκρᾱ́ thalukrā́	θᾰλυκρόν thalukrón		θᾰλυκρώ thalukrṓ	θᾰλυκρᾱ́ thalukrā́	θᾰλυκρώ thalukrṓ		θᾰλυκροί thalukroí	θᾰλυκραί thalukraí	θᾰλυκρᾰ́ thalukrá
Genitive		θᾰλυκροῦ thalukroû	θᾰλυκρᾶς thalukrâs	θᾰλυκροῦ thalukroû		θᾰλυκροῖν thalukroîn	θᾰλυκραῖν thalukraîn	θᾰλυκροῖν thalukroîn		θᾰλυκρῶν thalukrôn	θᾰλυκρῶν thalukrôn	θᾰλυκρῶν thalukrôn
Dative		θᾰλυκρῷ thalukrôi	θᾰλυκρᾷ thalukrâi	θᾰλυκρῷ thalukrôi		θᾰλυκροῖν thalukroîn	θᾰλυκραῖν thalukraîn	θᾰλυκροῖν thalukroîn		θᾰλυκροῖς thalukroîs	θᾰλυκραῖς thalukraîs	θᾰλυκροῖς thalukroîs
Accusative		θᾰλυκρόν thalukrón	θᾰλυκρᾱ́ν thalukrā́n	θᾰλυκρόν thalukrón		θᾰλυκρώ thalukrṓ	θᾰλυκρᾱ́ thalukrā́	θᾰλυκρώ thalukrṓ		θᾰλυκρούς thalukroús	θᾰλυκρᾱ́ς thalukrā́s	θᾰλυκρᾰ́ thalukrá
Vocative		θᾰλυκρέ thalukré	θᾰλυκρᾱ́ thalukrā́	θᾰλυκρόν thalukrón		θᾰλυκρώ thalukrṓ	θᾰλυκρᾱ́ thalukrā́	θᾰλυκρώ thalukrṓ		θᾰλυκροί thalukroí	θᾰλυκραί thalukraí	θᾰλυκρᾰ́ thalukrá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θᾰλυκρῶς thalukrôs				θᾰλυκρότερος thalukróteros				θᾰλυκρότᾰτος thalukrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θαλυκρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θαλυκρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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