σάκος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *twek- (“shield, skin; to cover”). Cognate with Sanskrit त्वच् (tvác, “hide, bag”), Hittite [script needed] (tuekkaš, “body”).
Alternatively, Beekes suggests a Semitic origin, from the same root as σάκκος (sákkos, “sack”).
Pronunciation edit
- (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 edit
σᾰ́κος • (sákos) n (genitive σᾰ́κεος or σᾰ́κους); third declension
- a shield
- (figurative) shield, defense
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 edit
- Εὐρυσάκης (Eurusákēs)
References edit
- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- σάκος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), most likely from Semitic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
declension of σάκος
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- αμνιακός σάκος m (amniakós sákos, “amniotic sac”)
Further reading edit
- σάκος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- σάκος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.