σώρακος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σωρός (sōrós, “heap, pile, mound”) +‎ -ᾰκος (-akos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̌ː.ra.kos/ → /ˈso.ra.kos/ → /ˈso.ra.kos/

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

Noun

σώρᾰκος • (sṓrakos) m (genitive σωρᾰ́κου); second declension

1. basket or box

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σώρᾰκος; τοῦ σωρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σώρᾰκος ho sṓrakos	τὼ σωρᾰ́κω tṑ sōrákō	οἱ σώρᾰκοι hoi sṓrakoi
Genitive	τοῦ σωρᾰ́κου toû sōrákou	τοῖν σωρᾰ́κοιν toîn sōrákoin	τῶν σωρᾰ́κων tôn sōrákōn
Dative	τῷ σωρᾰ́κῳ tôi sōrákōi	τοῖν σωρᾰ́κοιν toîn sōrákoin	τοῖς σωρᾰ́κοις toîs sōrákois
Accusative	τὸν σώρᾰκον tòn sṓrakon	τὼ σωρᾰ́κω tṑ sōrákō	τοὺς σωρᾰ́κους toùs sōrákous
Vocative	σώρᾰκε sṓrake	σωρᾰ́κω sōrákō	σώρᾰκοι sṓrakoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σωρακίς (sōrakís)

Descendants

• → Latin: sōracus

Further reading

• “σώρακος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σώρακος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σώρακος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette