ἄρκευθος
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See also: άρκευθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unclear. Has been derived from ἄρκυς (árkus, “net”). Has also been derived from Proto-Indo-European, with cognates such as Russian раки́та (rakíta). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the Hesychian gloss ἄργετος (árgetos, “juniper”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ár.keu̯.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈar.kew.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈar.ceɸ.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈar.cef.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈar.cef.θos/
Noun
ἄρκευθος • (árkeuthos) f (genitive ἀρκεύθου); second declension
- juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa)
- Phoenician cedar (Juniperus phoenicea)
- prickly cedar (Juniperus oxycedrus)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἄρκευθος hē árkeuthos |
τὼ ἀρκεύθω tṑ arkeúthō |
αἱ ἄρκευθοι hai árkeuthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀρκεύθου tês arkeúthou |
τοῖν ἀρκεύθοιν toîn arkeúthoin |
τῶν ἀρκεύθων tôn arkeúthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀρκεύθῳ têi arkeúthōi |
τοῖν ἀρκεύθοιν toîn arkeúthoin |
ταῖς ἀρκεύθοις taîs arkeúthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἄρκευθον tḕn árkeuthon |
τὼ ἀρκεύθω tṑ arkeúthō |
τᾱ̀ς ἀρκεύθους tā̀s arkeúthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄρκευθε árkeuthe |
ἀρκεύθω arkeúthō |
ἄρκευθοι árkeuthoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀρκεύθῐνος (arkeúthinos)
Further reading
- “ἄρκευθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄρκευθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄρκευθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρκευθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132