βῖκος

See also: βίκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Probably from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). Beekes dismisses any relation with Latin fiscus (“basket”) and βαυκάλιον (baukálion, “jug, pitcher”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bîː.kos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.kos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.kos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/

Noun

βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension

amphora, jar, any vase with handles, especially one containing wine
unit of measure for land of unknown extension

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βῖκος; τοῦ βῑ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi
Genitive	τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn
Dative	τῷ βῑ́κῳ tōî bī́kōi	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois
Accusative	τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous
Vocative	βῖκε bîke	βῑ́κω bī́kō	βῖκοι bîkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βικίδιον (bikídion)
βικίον (bikíon)
βικόστομον (bikóstomon)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βῖκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“street; hamlet”), from Proto-Italic *weikos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Doublet of οἶκος (oîkos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bîː.kos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.kos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.kos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.kos/

Noun

βῖκος • (bîkos) m (genitive βῑ́κου); second declension

(historical) vicus, a small civilian settlement under the Romans

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βῖκος; τοῦ βῑ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῖκος ho bîkos	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	οἱ βῖκοι hoi bîkoi
Genitive	τοῦ βῑ́κου toû bī́kou	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τῶν βῑ́κων tôn bī́kōn
Dative	τῷ βῑ́κῳ tōî bī́kōi	τοῖν βῑ́κοιν toîn bī́koin	τοῖς βῑ́κοις toîs bī́kois
Accusative	τὸν βῖκον tòn bîkon	τὼ βῑ́κω tṑ bī́kō	τοὺς βῑ́κους toùs bī́kous
Vocative	βῖκε bîke	βῑ́κω bī́kō	βῖκοι bîkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

βῖκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading