Ἀρκάς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Named after Ἀρκάς (Arkás, “Arcas”), son of Zeus and king of Arcadia, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀏 (a-ka), 𐀀𐀏𐀆 (a-ka-de), from Proto-Hellenic *árktos (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos. Probably folk etymology, more likely Arcadia had an abundance of bears.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.kás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arˈkas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈkas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈkas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈkas/
Noun
Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́ς • (Arkás) m or f (genitive Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́ς ho, hē Arkás |
τὼ Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δε tṑ Arkáde |
οἱ, αἱ Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δες hoi, hai Arkádes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δος toû, tês Arkádos |
τοῖν Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δοιν toîn Arkádoin |
τῶν Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δων tôn Arkádōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δῐ tôi, têi Arkádi |
τοῖν Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δοιν toîn Arkádoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́σῐ / Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́σῐν toîs, taîs Arkási(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn Arkáda |
τὼ Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δε tṑ Arkáde |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s Arkádas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́ς Arkás |
Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δε Arkáde |
Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δες Arkádes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ᾰ̓ρκᾰδῐ́ᾱ (Arkadíā)
- Ᾰ̓ρκᾰδῐκός (Arkadikós)
Descendants
References
- Blažek, Václav (2017): Indo-European Bear
Further reading
- “Ἀρκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀρκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀρκάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “Ἀρκάς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002