λάρκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Because of ναρκίον (narkíon, “bag, wineskin”), it has been derived from *νάρκος (*nárkos) by influence of λάρναξ (lárnax, “chest, coffin”). However, Beekes finds this hypothesis doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lár.kos/ → /ˈlar.kos/ → /ˈlar.kos/

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

Noun

λάρκος • (lárkos) m (genitive λάρκου); second declension

1. charcoal basket
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 333:

     ὡς ἀπωλόμεσθ'. ὁ λάρκος δημότης ὅδ' ἔστ' ἐμός.

     hōs apōlómesth'. ho lárkos dēmótēs hód' ést' emós.

     Oh, how we are undone! This charcoal basket here is my fellow citizen.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́ρκος; τοῦ λᾰ́ρκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́ρκος ho lárkos	τὼ λᾰ́ρκω tṑ lárkō	οἱ λᾰ́ρκοι hoi lárkoi
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰ́ρκου toû lárkou	τοῖν λᾰ́ρκοιν toîn lárkoin	τῶν λᾰ́ρκων tôn lárkōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰ́ρκῳ tôi lárkōi	τοῖν λᾰ́ρκοιν toîn lárkoin	τοῖς λᾰ́ρκοις toîs lárkois
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́ρκον tòn lárkon	τὼ λᾰ́ρκω tṑ lárkō	τοὺς λᾰ́ρκους toùs lárkous
Vocative	λᾰ́ρκε lárke	λᾰ́ρκω lárkō	λᾰ́ρκοι lárkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαρκαγωγός (larkagōgós)
• λαρκίδιον (larkídion)
• λαρκοφορέω (larkophoréō)

 

Further reading

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