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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛː.rý.keː.on/ → /ciˈry.ci.on/ → /ciˈri.ci.on/
Adjective
κηρύκειον • (kērúkeion)
- inflection of κηρύκειος (kērúkeios):
- masculine/feminine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
Noun
κηρύκειον • (kērúkeion) n (genitive κηρῠκείου); second declension
- herald's wand, caduceus
Declension
Further reading
- κηρύκειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κηρύκειον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κηρύκειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press