βῖκος

See also: βίκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Maybe from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). Not related to Latin fiscus (“basket”), nor to βαυκάλιον (baukálion, “jug, pitcher”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bîː.kos/ → /ˈβi.kos/ → /ˈvi.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bîː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/

Noun

βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension

1. vase with handles, amphora
2. land measure of unknown extension

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βῖκος; τοῦ βῑ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi
Genitive	τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn
Dative	τῷ βῑ́κῳ tôi bī́kōi	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois
Accusative	τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous
Vocative	βῖκε bîke	βῑ́κω bī́kō	βῖκοι bîkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βικίδιον (bikídion)
• βικίον (bikíon)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“street; hamlet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bîː.kos/ → /ˈβi.kos/ → /ˈvi.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bîː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/

Noun

βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension

1. vicus, neighbourhood

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βῖκος; τοῦ βῑ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi
Genitive	τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn
Dative	τῷ βῑ́κῳ tôi bī́kōi	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois
Accusative	τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous
Vocative	βῖκε bîke	βῑ́κω bī́kō	βῖκοι bîkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βῖκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βῖκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βῖκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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