βάρακος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares βάλαγρος (bálagros, “kind of barb”) and suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.ra.kos/ → /ˈβa.ra.kos/ → /ˈva.ra.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.ra.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ra.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ra.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ra.kos/

Noun

βᾰ́ρᾰκος • (bárakos) m (genitive βᾰρᾰ́κου); second declension

1. kind of freshwater fish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βᾰ́ρᾰκος; τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βᾰ́ρᾰκος ho bárakos	τὼ βᾰρᾰ́κω tṑ barákō	οἱ βᾰ́ρᾰκοι hoi bárakoi
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰρᾰ́κου toû barákou	τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́κοιν toîn barákoin	τῶν βᾰρᾰ́κων tôn barákōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰρᾰ́κῳ tôi barákōi	τοῖν βᾰρᾰ́κοιν toîn barákoin	τοῖς βᾰρᾰ́κοις toîs barákois
Accusative	τὸν βᾰ́ρᾰκον tòn bárakon	τὼ βᾰρᾰ́κω tṑ barákō	τοὺς βᾰρᾰ́κους toùs barákous
Vocative	βᾰ́ρᾰκε bárake	βᾰρᾰ́κω barákō	βᾰ́ρᾰκοι bárakoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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