βάκηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare κάβηλος (kábēlos) and κάληβος (kálēbos), with comparable meanings. According to Beekes, the word is probably Anatolian, so perhaps Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.kɛː.los/ → /ˈβa.ci.los/ → /ˈva.ci.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.kɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ke̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.ci.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ci.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ci.los/

Noun

βᾰ́κηλος • (bákēlos) m (genitive βᾰκήλου); second declension

1. eunuch in the service of Cybele, gallus

   Synonym: γᾰ́λλος (gállos)

2. hermaphrodite, effeminate man

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βᾰ́κηλος; τοῦ βᾰκήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βᾰ́κηλος ho bákēlos	τὼ βᾰκήλω tṑ bakḗlō	οἱ βᾰ́κηλοι hoi bákēloi
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰκήλου toû bakḗlou	τοῖν βᾰκήλοιν toîn bakḗloin	τῶν βᾰκήλων tôn bakḗlōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰκήλῳ tôi bakḗlōi	τοῖν βᾰκήλοιν toîn bakḗloin	τοῖς βᾰκήλοις toîs bakḗlois
Accusative	τὸν βᾰ́κηλον tòn bákēlon	τὼ βᾰκήλω tṑ bakḗlō	τοὺς βᾰκήλους toùs bakḗlous
Vocative	βᾰ́κηλε bákēle	βᾰκήλω bakḗlō	βᾰ́κηλοι bákēloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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