ἄρακος

See also: -αράκος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄραχος (árakhos)

Etymology

Likely of Pre-Greek substrate origin, due to the κ-χ interchange with the variant ἄραχος (árakhos), and the suffix -ιδνα (-idna) in the derivative ἀραχιδνα (arakhidna). According to Beekes, not related to Latin arinca (“kind of spelt; olyra”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ra.kos/ → /ˈa.ra.kos/ → /ˈa.ra.kos/

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

Noun

ᾰ̓́ρᾰκος • (árakos) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κου); second declension

1. wild chickling vetch, Lathyrus annuus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓́ρᾰκος; τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓́ρᾰκος ho árakos	τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κω tṑ arákō	οἱ ᾰ̓́ρᾰκοι hoi árakoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κου toû arákou	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κοιν toîn arákoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κων tôn arákōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κῳ tôi arákōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κοιν toîn arákoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κοις toîs arákois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓́ρᾰκον tòn árakon	τὼ ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κω tṑ arákō	τοὺς ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κους toùs arákous
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ρᾰκε árake	ᾰ̓ρᾰ́κω arákō	ᾰ̓́ρᾰκοι árakoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀράκινος (arákinos)

Descendants

• Greek: αρακάς m (arakás, “vetch, peas”)
• → Greek: άρακος (árakos) (learned)
• → Translingual: Arachis
  • → New Latin: arachis

Further reading

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

Greek

Noun

ἄρακος • (árakos) m

1. Katharevousa form of αρακάς (arakás, “pea”)