ἄλκη

See also: άλκη, Άλκη, and ἀλκή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), whence also Latin alcēs.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.kɛː/ → /ˈal.ci/ → /ˈal.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ci/

Noun

ἄλκη • (álkē) f (genitive ἄλκης); first declension

1. elk

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́λκη; τῆς ᾰ̓́λκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́λκη hē álkē	τὼ ᾰ̓́λκᾱ tṑ álkā	αἱ ᾰ̓́λκαι hai álkai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́λκης tês álkēs	τοῖν ᾰ̓́λκαιν toîn álkain	τῶν ᾰ̓λκῶν tôn alkôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́λκῃ têi álkēi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́λκαιν toîn álkain	ταῖς ᾰ̓́λκαις taîs álkais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́λκην tḕn álkēn	τὼ ᾰ̓́λκᾱ tṑ álkā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́λκᾱς tā̀s álkās
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λκη álkē	ᾰ̓́λκᾱ álkā	ᾰ̓́λκαι álkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άλκη (álki)

Further reading

• “ἄλκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)