βρύκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the interchange κ/χ with the alternative form βρυχός (brukhós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bry.kós/ → /βryˈkos/ → /vriˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bry.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bryˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βryˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vryˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vriˈkos/

Noun

βρῠκός • (brukós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension

1. herald

   Synonym: κῆρυξ (kêrux)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βρῠκός; τοῦ βρῠκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βρῠκός ho brukós	τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ	οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brukoí
Genitive	τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brukoû	τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn	τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brukôn
Dative	τῷ βρῠκῷ tôi brukôi	τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn	τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brukoîs
Accusative	τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brukón	τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ	τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brukoús
Vocative	βρῠκέ bruké	βρῠκώ brukṓ	βρῠκοί brukoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Beekes compares the word βρίκελοι (bríkeloi, “barbarians”) and concludes that these words are Pre-Greek, in view of the alternation βρικ-/βρυκ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bry.kós/ → /βryˈkos/ → /vriˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bry.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bryˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βryˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vryˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vriˈkos/

Noun

βρῠκός • (brukós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension

1. barbarian

   Synonym: βάρβαρος (bárbaros)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βρῠκός; τοῦ βρῠκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βρῠκός ho brukós	τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ	οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brukoí
Genitive	τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brukoû	τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn	τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brukôn
Dative	τῷ βρῠκῷ tôi brukôi	τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn	τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brukoîs
Accusative	τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brukón	τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ	τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brukoús
Vocative	βρῠκέ bruké	βρῠκώ brukṓ	βρῠκοί brukoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bry.kós/ → /βryˈkos/ → /vriˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bry.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bryˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βryˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vryˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vriˈkos/

Noun

βρῠκός • (brukós) m (genitive βρῠκοῦ); second declension

1. Alternative form of βροῦκος (broûkos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βρῠκός; τοῦ βρῠκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βρῠκός ho brukós	τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ	οἱ βρῠκοί hoi brukoí
Genitive	τοῦ βρῠκοῦ toû brukoû	τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn	τῶν βρῠκῶν tôn brukôn
Dative	τῷ βρῠκῷ tôi brukôi	τοῖν βρῠκοῖν toîn brukoîn	τοῖς βρῠκοῖς toîs brukoîs
Accusative	τὸν βρῠκόν tòn brukón	τὼ βρῠκώ tṑ brukṓ	τοὺς βρῠκούς toùs brukoús
Vocative	βρῠκέ bruké	βρῠκώ brukṓ	βρῠκοί brukoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βρύκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βρύκος 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