χαρακίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χάραξ (khárax, “stake, pole, palisade”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.ra.kí.aːs/ → /xa.raˈci.as/ → /xa.raˈci.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.ra.kí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.raˈki.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.raˈci.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.raˈci.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.raˈci.as/

Noun

χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱς • (kharakíās) m (genitive χᾰρᾰκῐ́ου); first declension

1. wood spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides)
2. kind of fish

Inflection

First declension of ὁ χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ χᾰρᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱς ho kharakíās	τὼ χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱ tṑ kharakíā	οἱ χᾰρᾰκῐ́αι hoi kharakíai
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰρᾰκῐ́ου toû kharakíou	τοῖν χᾰρᾰκῐ́αιν toîn kharakíain	τῶν χᾰρᾰκῐῶν tôn kharakiôn
Dative	τῷ χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾳ tôi kharakíāi	τοῖν χᾰρᾰκῐ́αιν toîn kharakíain	τοῖς χᾰρᾰκῐ́αις toîs kharakíais
Accusative	τὸν χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱν tòn kharakíān	τὼ χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱ tṑ kharakíā	τοὺς χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱς toùs kharakíās
Vocative	χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱ kharakíā	χᾰρᾰκῐ́ᾱ kharakíā	χᾰρᾰκῐ́αι kharakíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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