σοῦχος

See also: Σοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Demotic sbk, from Egyptian

(sbk, “Sobek”). For the pronunciation compare Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲕ (souk), ⲥⲟⲩⲭⲓ (soukhi).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sûː.kʰos/ → /ˈsu.xos/ → /ˈsu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.xos/

Proper noun

σοῦχος • (soûkhos)

1. Egyptian name for a sacred crocodile seen as a living image of the god Sobek.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σοῦχος; τοῦ σούχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σοῦχος ho soûkhos	οἱ σοῦχοι hoi soûkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ σούχου toû soúkhou	τῶν σούχων tôn soúkhōn
Dative	τῷ σούχῳ tôi soúkhōi	τοῖς σούχοις toîs soúkhois
Accusative	τὸν σοῦχον tòn soûkhon	τοὺς σούχους toùs soúkhous
Vocative	σοῦχε soûkhe	σοῦχοι soûkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette