κηρύκειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κηρυκήϊον (kērukḗïon) — Ionic
• κᾱρύκειον (kārúkeion) — Doric

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.rý.keː.on/ → /ciˈry.ci.on/ → /ciˈri.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.rý.keː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈry.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈry.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈry.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈri.ci.on/

Adjective

κηρύκειον • (kērúkeion)

1. inflection of κηρύκειος (kērúkeios):
   1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Noun

κηρύκειον • (kērúkeion) n (genitive κηρῠκείου); second declension

1. herald's wand, caduceus

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κηρῠ́κειον; τοῦ κηρῠκείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κηρῠ́κειον tò kērúkeion	τὼ κηρῠκείω tṑ kērukeíō	τᾰ̀ κηρῠ́κειᾰ tà kērúkeia
Genitive	τοῦ κηρῠκείου toû kērukeíou	τοῖν κηρῠκείοιν toîn kērukeíoin	τῶν κηρῠκείων tôn kērukeíōn
Dative	τῷ κηρῠκείῳ tôi kērukeíōi	τοῖν κηρῠκείοιν toîn kērukeíoin	τοῖς κηρῠκείοις toîs kērukeíois
Accusative	τὸ κηρῠ́κειον tò kērúkeion	τὼ κηρῠκείω tṑ kērukeíō	τᾰ̀ κηρῠ́κειᾰ tà kērúkeia
Vocative	κηρῠ́κειον kērúkeion	κηρῠκείω kērukeíō	κηρῠ́κειᾰ kērúkeia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• κηρύκειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κηρύκειον - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “κηρύκειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press