παρδακός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾰρδοκός (pardokós), πορδᾰκός (pordakós)

Etymology

The variations show that the word is Pre-Greek. Furnée further adduces ἄρδω (árdō, “to irrigate”), but this is unlikely.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /par.da.kós/ → /par.ðaˈkos/ → /par.ðaˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /par.da.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /par.daˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /par.ðaˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /par.ðaˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /par.ðaˈkos/

Adjective

πᾰρδᾰκός • (pardakós) m or f (neuter πᾰρδᾰκόν); second declension

1. wet, moist, damp

   Synonyms: νοτερός (noterós), πλᾰδᾰρός (pladarós), ὑγρός (hugrós)

Declension

Second declension of πᾰρδᾰκός; πᾰρδᾰκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰρδᾰκός pardakós	πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón		πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ	πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ		πᾰρδᾰκοί pardakoí	πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ pardaká
Genitive		πᾰρδᾰκοῦ pardakoû	πᾰρδᾰκοῦ pardakoû		πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn	πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn		πᾰρδᾰκῶν pardakôn	πᾰρδᾰκῶν pardakôn
Dative		πᾰρδᾰκῷ pardakôi	πᾰρδᾰκῷ pardakôi		πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn	πᾰρδᾰκοῖν pardakoîn		πᾰρδᾰκοῖς pardakoîs	πᾰρδᾰκοῖς pardakoîs
Accusative		πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón	πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón		πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ	πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ		πᾰρδᾰκούς pardakoús	πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ pardaká
Vocative		πᾰρδᾰκέ pardaké	πᾰρδᾰκόν pardakón		πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ	πᾰρδᾰκώ pardakṓ		πᾰρδᾰκοί pardakoí	πᾰρδᾰκᾰ́ pardaká
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰρδᾰκῶς pardakôs			πᾰρδᾰκώτερος pardakṓteros			πᾰρδᾰκώτᾰτος pardakṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παρδακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παρδακός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παρδακός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1152