ἐρείκη
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἐρῑ́κη (erī́kē) — later poetic
Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Hellenic *weréykā, with no clear Proto-Indo-European etymon. The similarity of Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vi̇̀ržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”), Proto-Slavic *vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ) have led Beekes and Matasović to support a common non-Indo-European substrate source.[1][2][3][4] It is sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to twist, turn”).[5][6]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rěː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈri.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈri.ci/
- (10th CE Medieval) IPA(key): /eˈri.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈri.ci/
Noun
[edit]ἐρείκη • (ereíkē) f (genitive ἐρείκης); first declension
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ἡ ἐρείκηhē ereíkē | τὼ ἐρείκᾱtṑ ereíkā | αἱ ἐρεῖκαιhai ereîkai |
| genitive | τῆς ἐρείκηςtês ereíkēs | τοῖν ἐρείκαινtoîn ereíkain | τῶν ἐρεικῶνtôn ereikôn |
| dative | τῇ ἐρείκῃtēî ereíkēi | τοῖν ἐρείκαινtoîn ereíkain | ταῖς ἐρείκαιςtaîs ereíkais |
| accusative | τὴν ἐρείκηνtḕn ereíkēn | τὼ ἐρείκᾱtṑ ereíkā | τᾱ̀ς ἐρείκᾱςtā̀s ereíkās |
| vocative | ἐρείκηereíkē | ἐρείκᾱereíkā | ἐρεῖκαιereîkai |
- This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: erīcē
- → English: ericaceous
- Translingual: Erica, Erica arborea
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἐρείκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Self-published: Xlibris, →ISBN
- ^ Watkins, Calvert (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Further reading
[edit]- “ἐρείκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐρείκη” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- heather idem, page 393.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from substrate languages
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- grc:Heather family plants