βέλεκκος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- βέλεκκυς (bélekkus)
Etymology
editAccording to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin due to the presence of a geminate "-κκ-". Furnée compares the word with πέλεκυς (pélekus, “battle axe”) and πέλεκκον (pélekkon, “axe handle”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bé.lek.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbe.lek.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβe.le.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈve.le.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈve.le.kos/
Noun
editβέλεκκος • (bélekkos) m (genitive βελέκκου); second declension
- kind of pulse
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βέλεκκος ho bélekkos |
τὼ βελέκκω tṑ belékkō |
οἱ βέλεκκοι hoi bélekkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βελέκκου toû belékkou |
τοῖν βελέκκοιν toîn belékkoin |
τῶν βελέκκων tôn belékkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βελέκκῳ tôi belékkōi |
τοῖν βελέκκοιν toîn belékkoin |
τοῖς βελέκκοις toîs belékkois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βέλεκκον tòn bélekkon |
τὼ βελέκκω tṑ belékkō |
τοὺς βελέκκους toùs belékkous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βέλεκκε bélekke |
βελέκκω belékkō |
βέλεκκοι bélekkoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- βέλεκκος 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: β
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- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
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