ἄρκυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̔́ρκῠς (hắrkŭs)

Etymology

Unknown. Accoridng to Lidén, related to ἄρκευθος (árkeuthos), ἀρκᾰ́νη (arkắnē) and Russian раки́та (rakíta, “willow”) but Beekes finds this improbable, as a derivative suffix would be expected. According to him, it is more probable a Pre-Greek word, giving the technical nature of the term.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.kys/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.kys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.cys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.cys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.cis/

Noun

ᾰ̓́ρκῠς • (ắrkŭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓́ρκῠος); third declension

net
hairnet

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ρκῠς; τῆς ᾰ̓́ρκῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́ρκῠς hē ắrkŭs	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρκῠε tṑ ắrkŭe	αἱ ᾰ̓́ρκῠες / ᾰ̓́ρκῡς hai ắrkŭes / ắrkūs
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́ρκῠος tês ắrkŭos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρκῠ́οιν toîn ărkŭ́oin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρκῠ́ων tôn ărkŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́ρκῠῐ̈ / ᾰ̓́ρκυι tēî ắrkŭĭ̈ / ắrkui	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρκῠ́οιν toîn ărkŭ́oin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́ρκῠσῐ / ᾰ̓́ρκῠσῐν taîs ắrkŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́ρκῠν tḕn ắrkŭn	τὼ ᾰ̓́ρκῠε tṑ ắrkŭe	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́ρκῡς / ᾰ̓́ρκῠᾰς tā̀s ắrkūs / ắrkŭăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ρκῠ ắrkŭ	ᾰ̓́ρκῠε ắrkŭe	ᾰ̓́ρκῠες / ᾰ̓́ρκῡς ắrkŭes / ắrkūs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓́ρκῠλον (ắrkŭlon)
ᾰ̓́ρκῠον (ắrkŭon)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Arkys