ἄρκυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Accoridng to Lidén, related to ἄρκευθος (árkeuthos), ἀρκάνη (arkánē) and Russian раки́та (rakíta, “willow”) but Beekes finds this improbable, as a derivative suffix would be expected. According to him, it is more probable a Pre-Greek word, giving the technical nature of the term.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.kys/ → /ˈar.cys/ → /ˈar.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.kys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.kys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.cys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.cys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.cis/

Noun

ἄρκῠς • (árkus) f (genitive ἄρκῠος); third declension

1. net
2. hairnet

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ρκῠς; τῆς ᾰ̓́ρκῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́ρκῠς hē árkus	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρκῠε tṑ árkue	αἱ ᾰ̓́ρκῠες hai árkues
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́ρκῠος tês árkuos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρκῠ́οιν toîn arkúoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρκῠ́ων tôn arkúōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́ρκῠῐ̈ / ᾰ̓́ρκυι têi árkuï / árkui	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρκῠ́οιν toîn arkúoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́ρκῠσῐ / ᾰ̓́ρκῠσῐν taîs árkusi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́ρκῠν tḕn árkun	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρκῠε tṑ árkue	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́ρκῡς / ᾰ̓́ρκῠᾰς tā̀s árkūs / árkuas
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ρκῠ árku	ᾰ̓́ρκῠε árkue	ᾰ̓́ρκῠες árkues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄρκυλον (árkulon)
• ἄρκυον (árkuon)

 

Further reading

• “ἄρκυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄρκυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρκυς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρκυς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133