σάκος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *twek- (“shield, skin; to cover”). Cognate with Sanskrit त्वच् (tvác, “hide, bag”), Hittite (tuekkaš, “body”).
Alternatively, Beekes suggests a Semitic origin, from the same root as σάκκος (sákkos, “sack”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sá.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.kos/
Noun
σᾰ́κος • (sákos) n (genitive σᾰ́κεος or σᾰ́κους); third declension
- a shield
- (figurative) shield, defense
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σᾰ́κος tò sákos |
τὼ σᾰ́κει tṑ sákei |
τᾰ̀ σᾰ́κη tà sákē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σᾰ́κους toû sákous |
τοῖν σᾰκοῖν toîn sakoîn |
τῶν σᾰκῶν tôn sakôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σᾰ́κει tôi sákei |
τοῖν σᾰκοῖν toîn sakoîn |
τοῖς σᾰ́κεσῐ / σᾰ́κεσῐν toîs sákesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σᾰ́κος tò sákos |
τὼ σᾰ́κει tṑ sákei |
τᾰ̀ σᾰ́κη tà sákē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰ́κος sákos |
σᾰ́κει sákei |
σᾰ́κη sákē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | σᾰ́κος sákos |
σᾰ́κει / σᾰ́κεε sákei / sákee |
σᾰ́κεᾰ sákea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | σᾰ́κεος / σᾰ́κευς sákeos / sákeus |
σᾰκέοιν sakéoin |
σᾰκέων sakéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | σᾰ́κει / σᾰ́κεῐ̈ sákei / sákeï |
σᾰκέοιν sakéoin |
σᾰ́κεσῐ / σᾰ́κεσῐν / σάκεσσῐ / σάκεσσῐν / σακέεσσῐ / σακέεσσῐν sákesi(n) / sákessi(n) / sakéessi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | σᾰ́κος sákos |
σᾰ́κει / σᾰ́κεε sákei / sákee |
σᾰ́κεᾰ sákea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰ́κος sákos |
σᾰ́κει / σᾰ́κεε sákei / sákee |
σᾰ́κεᾰ sákea | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Εὐρυσάκης (Eurusákēs)
References
- “σάκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σάκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- σάκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “σάκος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), most likely from Semitic.
Pronunciation
Noun
σάκος • (sákos) m (plural σάκοι)
- bag (of paper or plastic; for shopping, etc)
- sack (of paper or plastic; for storing/packing loose materials)
- bin bag, waste bag
- pouch, wallet (for documents)
Declension
Declension of σάκος
Synonyms
Related terms
- αμνιακός σάκος m (amniakós sákos, “amniotic sac”)
Further reading
σάκος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- σάκος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
