πόρκος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pór.kos/ → /ˈpor.kos/ → /ˈpor.kos/

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

Etymology 1

Compare Old Armenian որս (ors).

Noun

πόρκος • (pórkos) m (genitive πόρκου); second declension

1. a type of fishing net
   • Stallbaum on Plato, The Sophist 220C

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πόρκος; τοῦ πόρκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πόρκος ho pórkos	τὼ πόρκω tṑ pórkō	οἱ πόρκοι hoi pórkoi
Genitive	τοῦ πόρκου toû pórkou	τοῖν πόρκοιν toîn pórkoin	τῶν πόρκων tôn pórkōn
Dative	τῷ πόρκῳ tôi pórkōi	τοῖν πόρκοιν toîn pórkoin	τοῖς πόρκοις toîs pórkois
Accusative	τὸν πόρκον tòn pórkon	τὼ πόρκω tṑ pórkō	τοὺς πόρκους toùs pórkous
Vocative	πόρκε pórke	πόρκω pórkō	πόρκοι pórkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin porcus.

Noun

πόρκος • (pórkos) m (genitive πόρκου); second declension (Koine)

1. (Koine) transliteration of Latin porcus
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, The Life of Publicola II

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πόρκος; τοῦ πόρκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πόρκος ho pórkos	τὼ πόρκω tṑ pórkō	οἱ πόρκοι hoi pórkoi
Genitive	τοῦ πόρκου toû pórkou	τοῖν πόρκοιν toîn pórkoin	τῶν πόρκων tôn pórkōn
Dative	τῷ πόρκῳ tôi pórkōi	τοῖν πόρκοιν toîn pórkoin	τοῖς πόρκοις toîs pórkois
Accusative	τὸν πόρκον tòn pórkon	τὼ πόρκω tṑ pórkō	τοὺς πόρκους toùs pórkous
Vocative	πόρκε pórke	πόρκω pórkō	πόρκοι pórkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πόρκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πόρκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette