βῖκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Maybe from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). Not related to Latin fiscus (“basket”), nor to βαυκάλιον (baukálion, “jug, pitcher”).

Pronunciation

Noun

βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension

1. vase with handles, amphora
2. land measure of unknown extension

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“street; hamlet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension

1. vicus, neighbourhood

Declension

Further reading

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