πύκα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of πυκνός (puknós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.ka/ → /ˈpy.ka/ → /ˈpi.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ka/

Adverb

πύκᾰ • (púka)

1. thickly, strongly
2. wisely, carefully

Further reading

• “πύκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πύκα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πύκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press