Γλαῦκος

See also: γλαυκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλαυκός (glaukós, “grey”) with shift of accent.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlâu̯.kos/ → /ˈɣlaɸ.kos/ → /ˈɣlaf.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlâu̯.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaʍ.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaɸ.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaf.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaf.kos/

Proper noun

Γλαῦκος • (Glaûkos) m (genitive Γλαύκου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Glaucus
   • Apollodorus 3.3
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 4
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 364
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.86B
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.569
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 6.10
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 11.3

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Γλαῦκος; τοῦ Γλαύκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γλαῦκος ho Glaûkos
Genitive	τοῦ Γλαύκου toû Glaúkou
Dative	τῷ Γλαύκῳ tôi Glaúkōi
Accusative	τὸν Γλαῦκον tòn Glaûkon
Vocative	Γλαῦκε Glaûke
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Breton: Glaocos
• Bulgarian: Главк (Glavk)
• English: Glaucus
• French: Glaucos
• German: Glaukos
• Greek: Γλαύκος (Gláfkos)
• Italian: Glauco
• Latin: Glaucus
• Lithuanian: Glaukas
• Polish: Glaukos
• Portuguese: Glauco
• Spanish: Glauco
• Turkish: Glafkos
• Ukrainian: Главк (Hlavk)

References

• “Γλαῦκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Γλαῦκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Γλαῦκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Γλαῦκος”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011