κῆρυξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾶρῠξ (kârux) — Aeolic

Etymology

Probably a word as suggested by the long -ύ- and enlarged -κ-. Often compared to Sanskrit कारु (kāru, “singer, poet”) but Beekes rejects this.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̂ː.ryks/ → /ˈci.ryks/ → /ˈci.riks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̂ː.ryks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.ryks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ryks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ryks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.riks/

Noun

κῆρῠξ • (kêrux) m (genitive κήρῡκος); third declension

1. herald
2. public messenger
3. crier

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κῆρῠξ; τοῦ κήρῡκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῆρῠξ ho kêrux	τὼ κήρῡκε tṑ kḗrūke	οἱ κήρῡκες hoi kḗrūkes
Genitive	τοῦ κήρῡκος toû kḗrūkos	τοῖν κηρῡ́κοιν toîn kērū́koin	τῶν κηρῡ́κων tôn kērū́kōn
Dative	τῷ κήρῡκῐ tôi kḗrūki	τοῖν κηρῡ́κοιν toîn kērū́koin	τοῖς κήρῡξῐ / κήρῡξῐν toîs kḗrūxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κήρῡκᾰ tòn kḗrūka	τὼ κήρῡκε tṑ kḗrūke	τοὺς κήρῡκᾰς toùs kḗrūkas
Vocative	κῆρῠξ kêrux	κήρῡκε kḗrūke	κήρῡκες kḗrūkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• κῆρυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κῆρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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