πόρκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Suffix like γύης (gúēs), but no further etymology. Confront πόρκος (pórkos, “fishing net”) and πόρπη (pórpē, “clasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pór.kɛːs/ → /ˈpor.cis/ → /ˈpor.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pór.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.cis/

Noun

πόρκης • (pórkēs) m (genitive πόρκου); first declension

1. ring or hoop, passed round the joint of the spearhead and shaft

Declension

First declension of ὁ πόρκης; τοῦ πόρκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πόρκης ho pórkēs	τὼ πόρκᾱ tṑ pórkā	οἱ πόρκαι hoi pórkai
Genitive	τοῦ πόρκου toû pórkou	τοῖν πόρκαιν toîn pórkain	τῶν πορκῶν tôn porkôn
Dative	τῷ πόρκῃ tôi pórkēi	τοῖν πόρκαιν toîn pórkain	τοῖς πόρκαις toîs pórkais
Accusative	τὸν πόρκην tòn pórkēn	τὼ πόρκᾱ tṑ pórkā	τοὺς πόρκᾱς toùs pórkās
Vocative	πόρκη pórkē	πόρκᾱ pórkā	πόρκαι pórkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πορκώδης (porkṓdēs)

References

• “πόρκης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πόρκης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN