ἄρακις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀράκη (arákē), ἀράκτης (aráktēs)

Etymology

The form ἀράκτης (aráktēs) proves Pre-Greek origin, in view of the group -κτ-. Furnée further compares ἄροκλον (ároklon, “bowl, pan”) with κτ>κλ, for which he gives parallels. The interchange α/ο is well known in substrate words.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ra.kis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.kis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.cis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.cis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.cis/

Noun

ἄρᾰκῐς • (árăkĭs) f (genitive ἀρᾰ́κῐος); third declension

bowl, pan
Synonym: φιάλη (phiálē)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἄρᾰκῐς; τῆς ἀρᾰ́κῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄρᾰκῐς hē árăkĭs	τὼ ἀρᾰ́κῐε tṑ arắkĭe	αἱ ἀρᾰ́κῐες hai arắkĭes
Genitive	τῆς ἀρᾰ́κῐος tês arắkĭos	τοῖν ἀρᾰκῐ́οιν toîn arăkĭ́oin	τῶν ἀρᾰκῐ́ων tôn arăkĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ἀρᾰ́κῑ têi arắkī	τοῖν ἀρᾰκῐ́οιν toîn arăkĭ́oin	ταῖς ἀρᾰ́κῐσῐ / ἀρᾰ́κῐσῐν taîs arắkĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἄρᾰκῐν tḕn árăkĭn	τὼ ἀρᾰ́κῐε tṑ arắkĭe	τᾱ̀ς ἀρᾰ́κῑς / ἀρᾰ́κῐᾰς tā̀s arắkīs / arắkĭăs
Vocative	ἄρᾰκῐ árăkĭ	ἀρᾰ́κῐε arắkĭe	ἀρᾰ́κῐες arắkĭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ἄρακις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄρακις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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