κέγχρος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- κέρχνος (kérkhnos)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *kʰénkʰros, mostly derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-gʰ-r-o- (“pulverized”), reduplicated from the root *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”) with dissimilation r…r > n…r, and further connected with Ancient Greek χερμάς (khermás), χεράς (kherás, “pebble, gravel”), but the etymology remains unclear. Per Beekes, this and similar words may be of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kéŋ.kʰros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkeŋ.kʰros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈceŋ.xros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈceŋ.xros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈceŋ.xros/
Noun
[edit]κέγχρος • (kénkhros) m (genitive κέγχρου); second declension
- millet (Panicum miliaceum)
- Synonym: πᾰ́σπᾰλος (páspalos)
- anything in small grains
- a small kind of diamond
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κέγχρος ho kénkhros |
τὼ κέγχρω tṑ kénkhrō |
οἱ κέγχροι hoi kénkhroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κέγχρου toû kénkhrou |
τοῖν κέγχροιν toîn kénkhroin |
τῶν κέγχρων tôn kénkhrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κέγχρῳ tôi kénkhrōi |
τοῖν κέγχροιν toîn kénkhroin |
τοῖς κέγχροις toîs kénkhrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κέγχρον tòn kénkhron |
τὼ κέγχρω tṑ kénkhrō |
τοὺς κέγχρους toùs kénkhrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέγχρε kénkhre |
κέγχρω kénkhrō |
κέγχροι kénkhroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “κέγχρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κέγχρος 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
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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