οὑκ

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See also: ΟΥΚ and οὐκ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /huːk/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)uk/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /uk/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uk/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uk/

Phrase

οὑκ • (houk) (governs the genitive)

(Attic) crasis of ὁ ἐκ (ho ek)
- 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 501–502, (lyric poetry):
  μὰ Δί’ ἀλλ’ ἀληθῶς οὑκ Μελίτης μαστιγίας.
  φέρε νυν ἐγὼ τὰ στρώματ’ αἴρωμαι ταδί.
  mà Dí’ all’ alēthôs houk Melítēs mastigías.
  phére nun egṑ tà strṓmat’ aírōmai tadí.
  Translation by Matthew Dillon
  Oh no, you’ll be a regular whipping-boy of Melite,
  Let’s go, I’ll take up the pack here.

Further reading

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

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