ἀνδρόσακες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The first element is from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.dró.sa.kes/ → /anˈdro.sa.ces/ → /anˈdro.sa.ces/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.dró.sa.kes/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sa.kes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sa.ces/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sa.ces/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.sa.ces/

Noun

ἀνδρόσᾰκες • (andrósakes) n (genitive ἀνδροσᾰ́κους); third declension

1. sea-navel (Acetabularia acetabulum)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἀνδρόσᾰκες; τοῦ ἀνδροσᾰ́κους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀνδρόσᾰκες tò andrósakes	τὼ ἀνδροσᾰ́κει tṑ androsákei	τᾰ̀ ἀνδροσᾰ́κη tà androsákē
Genitive	τοῦ ἀνδροσᾰ́κους toû androsákous	τοῖν ἀνδροσᾰ́κοιν toîn androsákoin	τῶν ἀνδροσᾰ́κων tôn androsákōn
Dative	τῷ ἀνδροσᾰ́κει tôi androsákei	τοῖν ἀνδροσᾰ́κοιν toîn androsákoin	τοῖς ἀνδροσᾰ́κεσῐ / ἀνδροσᾰ́κεσῐν toîs androsákesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἀνδρόσᾰκες tò andrósakes	τὼ ἀνδροσᾰ́κει tṑ androsákei	τᾰ̀ ἀνδροσᾰ́κη tà androsákē
Vocative	ἀνδρόσᾰκες andrósakes	ἀνδροσᾰ́κει androsákei	ἀνδροσᾰ́κη androsákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: androsaces
• → Translingual: Androsace

Further reading

• “ἀνδρόσακες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνδρόσακες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνδρόσακες in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)