γλαυκός

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Ancient Greek

Grey olive leaves

Etymology

Uncertain origin. Barber reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *gleh₂w-ko-, noting that the root only appears in Greek (Homer, Aeschylus), but Beekes finds an Indo-European origin unlikely.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

γλαυκός • (glaukós) m (feminine γλαυκή, neuter γλαυκόν); first/second declension

  1. gleaming, bright
  2. blue-green or blue-gray
    • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 700–701:
      Χορός   ... ὃ τᾷδε θάλλει μέγιστα χώρᾳ,
      γλαυκᾶς παιδοτρόφου φύλλον ἐλαίας
      Khorós   ... hò tâide thállei mégista khṓrāi,
      glaukâs paidotróphou phúllon elaías
      Chorus: that flourishes greatly in this land,
      the leaf of the child-nourishing gray olive tree
  3. (of an eye color) light blue or gray

Inflection

First and second declension of γλαυκός; γλαυκή; γλαυκόν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative γλαυκός
glaukós 		γλαυκή
glaukḗ 		γλαυκόν
glaukón 		γλαυκώ
glaukṓ 		γλαυκᾱ́
glaukā́ 		γλαυκώ
glaukṓ 		γλαυκοί
glaukoí 		γλαυκαί
glaukaí 		γλαυκᾰ́
glauká
Genitive γλαυκοῦ
glaukoû 		γλαυκῆς
glaukês 		γλαυκοῦ
glaukoû 		γλαυκοῖν
glaukoîn 		γλαυκαῖν
glaukaîn 		γλαυκοῖν
glaukoîn 		γλαυκῶν
glaukôn 		γλαυκῶν
glaukôn 		γλαυκῶν
glaukôn
Dative γλαυκῷ
glaukôi 		γλαυκῇ
glaukêi 		γλαυκῷ
glaukôi 		γλαυκοῖν
glaukoîn 		γλαυκαῖν
glaukaîn 		γλαυκοῖν
glaukoîn 		γλαυκοῖς
glaukoîs 		γλαυκαῖς
glaukaîs 		γλαυκοῖς
glaukoîs
Accusative γλαυκόν
glaukón 		γλαυκήν
glaukḗn 		γλαυκόν
glaukón 		γλαυκώ
glaukṓ 		γλαυκᾱ́
glaukā́ 		γλαυκώ
glaukṓ 		γλαυκούς
glaukoús 		γλαυκᾱ́ς
glaukā́s 		γλαυκᾰ́
glauká
Vocative γλαυκέ
glauké 		γλαυκή
glaukḗ 		γλαυκόν
glaukón 		γλαυκώ
glaukṓ 		γλαυκᾱ́
glaukā́ 		γλαυκώ
glaukṓ 		γλαυκοί
glaukoí 		γλαυκαί
glaukaí 		γλαυκᾰ́
glauká
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
γλαυκῶς
glaukôs 		γλαυκότερος
glaukóteros 		γλαυκότᾰτος
glaukótatos
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See also

Colors in Ancient Greek · χρώμᾰτᾰ (khrṓmata) (layout · text)
     λευκός (leukós)      γλαυκός (glaukós), κῐλλός (killós), πολῐός (poliós), φαιός (phaiós), χαροπός (kharopós)      ᾰ̓μαυρός (amaurós), κελαινός (kelainós), μαυρός (maurós), μέλᾱς (mélās)
             ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós); κᾰρῡ́κῐνος (karū́kinos), κόκκῐνος (kókkinos), φοινός (phoinós)              πυρρός (purrhós); ὄρφνῐνος (órphninos)              μήλινος (mḗlinos), ξᾰνθός (xanthós); ὠχρός (ōkhrós)
             πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos)              χλωρός (khlōrós)              χλωρός (khlōrós); χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās)
             κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos); γλαυκός (glaukós), κᾰλάϊνος (kaláïnos)              κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos)              κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos), ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος (huakínthinos)
             ἰόεις (ióeis), φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos), οἶνοψ (oînops)              φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos)              ῥόδινος (rhódinos), ῥοδόεις (rhodóeis)

References

  1. ^ Barber, Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek
  2. ^ 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, pages 274-275

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