κάχρυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κάχρυ (kákhru)

Etymology

The word has been connected with κέγχρος (kénkhros, “millet”), but the meaning of this noun rather points towards a connection with κάγκανος (kánkanos, “arid, barren”). Probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.kʰrys/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.kʰrys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.xrys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.xrys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.xris/

Noun

κάχρῠς • (kákhrus) f (genitive κάχρῠος); third declension

parched barley
(botany) winter bud

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́χρῠς; τῆς κᾰ́χρῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́χρῠς hē kákhrus	τὼ κᾰ́χρῠε tṑ kákhrue	αἱ κᾰ́χρῠες hai kákhrues
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́χρῠος tês kákhruos	τοῖν κᾰχρῠ́οιν toîn kakhrúoin	τῶν κᾰχρῠ́ων tôn kakhrúōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́χρῠῐ̈ / κᾰ́χρυι têi kákhruï / kákhrui	τοῖν κᾰχρῠ́οιν toîn kakhrúoin	ταῖς κᾰ́χρῠσῐ / κᾰ́χρῠσῐν taîs kákhrusi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́χρῠν tḕn kákhrun	τὼ κᾰ́χρῠε tṑ kákhrue	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́χρῡς / κᾰ́χρῠᾰς tā̀s kákhrūs / kákhruas
Vocative	κᾰ́χρῠ kákhru	κᾰ́χρῠε kákhrue	κᾰ́χρῠες kákhrues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καχρύδια (kakhrúdia)
καχρυδίας (kakhrudías)
καχρυόεις (kakhruóeis)
καχρυοφόρος (kakhruophóros)
καχρυώδης (kakhruṓdēs)

References

“κάχρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κάχρυς 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