ῥάκινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥάκος (rhákos, “rag”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥á.ki.nos/ → /ˈra.ci.nos/ → /ˈra.ci.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥á.ki.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ki.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ci.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ci.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ci.nos/

Adjective

ῥάκῐνος • (rhákinos) m (feminine ῥακῐ́νη, neuter ῥάκῐνον); first/second declension

1. ragged, tettered

Inflection

First and second declension of ῥάκῐνος; ῥακῐ́νη; ῥάκῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῥάκῐνος rhákinos	ῥακῐ́νη rhakínē	ῥάκῐνον rhákinon		ῥακῐ́νω rhakínō	ῥακῐ́νᾱ rhakínā	ῥακῐ́νω rhakínō		ῥάκῐνοι rhákinoi	ῥάκῐναι rhákinai	ῥάκῐνᾰ rhákina
Genitive		ῥακῐ́νου rhakínou	ῥακῐ́νης rhakínēs	ῥακῐ́νου rhakínou		ῥακῐ́νοιν rhakínoin	ῥακῐ́ναιν rhakínain	ῥακῐ́νοιν rhakínoin		ῥακῐ́νων rhakínōn	ῥακῐ́νων rhakínōn	ῥακῐ́νων rhakínōn
Dative		ῥακῐ́νῳ rhakínōi	ῥακῐ́νῃ rhakínēi	ῥακῐ́νῳ rhakínōi		ῥακῐ́νοιν rhakínoin	ῥακῐ́ναιν rhakínain	ῥακῐ́νοιν rhakínoin		ῥακῐ́νοις rhakínois	ῥακῐ́ναις rhakínais	ῥακῐ́νοις rhakínois
Accusative		ῥάκῐνον rhákinon	ῥακῐ́νην rhakínēn	ῥάκῐνον rhákinon		ῥακῐ́νω rhakínō	ῥακῐ́νᾱ rhakínā	ῥακῐ́νω rhakínō		ῥακῐ́νους rhakínous	ῥακῐ́νᾱς rhakínās	ῥάκῐνᾰ rhákina
Vocative		ῥάκῐνε rhákine	ῥακῐ́νη rhakínē	ῥάκῐνον rhákinon		ῥακῐ́νω rhakínō	ῥακῐ́νᾱ rhakínā	ῥακῐ́νω rhakínō		ῥάκῐνοι rhákinoi	ῥάκῐναι rhákinai	ῥάκῐνᾰ rhákina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῥακῐ́νως rhakínōs				ῥακῐνώτερος rhakinṓteros				ῥακῐνώτᾰτος rhakinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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