πύκα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of πῠκνός (pŭknós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.ka/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ka/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ka/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ka/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ka/

Adverb

πῠ́κᾰ • (pŭ́kă)

thickly; strongly
wisely; carefully

Further reading

“πύκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
πύκα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“πύκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press