The variations show that the word is Pre-Greek. Furnée further adduces ἄρδω (árdō, “to irrigate”), but this is unlikely.
πᾰρδᾰκός • (pardakós) m or f (neuter πᾰρδᾰκόν); second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πᾰρδᾰκός pardakós |
πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón |
πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ |
πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ |
πᾰρδᾰκοί pardakoí |
πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ pardaká | ||||||||
Genitive | πᾰρδᾰκοῦ pardakoû |
πᾰρδᾰκοῦ pardakoû |
πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn |
πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn |
πᾰρδᾰκῶν pardakôn |
πᾰρδᾰκῶν pardakôn | ||||||||
Dative | πᾰρδᾰκῷ pardakôi |
πᾰρδᾰκῷ pardakôi |
πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn |
πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn |
πᾰρδᾰκοῖς pardakoîs |
πᾰρδᾰκοῖς pardakoîs | ||||||||
Accusative | πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón |
πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón |
πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ |
πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ |
πᾰρδᾰκούς pardakoús |
πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ pardaká | ||||||||
Vocative | πᾰρδᾰκέ pardaké |
πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón |
πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ |
πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ |
πᾰρδᾰκοί pardakoí |
πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ pardaká | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πᾰρδᾰκῶς pardakôs |
πᾰρδᾰκώτερος pardakṓteros |
πᾰρδᾰκώτᾰτος pardakṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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