ἐριθάκη

Ancient Greek

From ἔρῑθᾰκῐ́ς (érīthăkĭ́s). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ἐρῑθᾰ́κη • (erīthắkē) f (genitive ἐρῑθᾰ́κης); first declension

bee bread; sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)
Synonyms: κήρῐνθος (kḗrĭnthos), σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́κη (săndărắkē)
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 554a.17
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 627a.22
- Varr., RR 3.16
- 77 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History 11.17
soft parts of crustaceans, entrails of pigs
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

First declension of ἡ ἐρῑθᾰ́κη; τῆς ἐρῑθᾰ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρῑθᾰ́κη hē erīthắkē	τὼ ἐρῑθᾰ́κᾱ tṑ erīthắkā	αἱ ἐρῑθᾰ́και hai erīthắkai
Genitive	τῆς ἐρῑθᾰ́κης tês erīthắkēs	τοῖν ἐρῑθᾰ́καιν toîn erīthắkain	τῶν ἐρῑθᾰκῶν tôn erīthăkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρῑθᾰ́κῃ tēî erīthắkēi	τοῖν ἐρῑθᾰ́καιν toîn erīthắkain	ταῖς ἐρῑθᾰ́καις taîs erīthắkais
Accusative	τὴν ἐρῑθᾰ́κην tḕn erīthắkēn	τὼ ἐρῑθᾰ́κᾱ tṑ erīthắkā	τᾱ̀ς ἐρῑθᾰ́κᾱς tā̀s erīthắkās
Vocative	ἐρῑθᾰ́κη erīthắkē	ἐρῑθᾰ́κᾱ erīthắkā	ἐρῑθᾰ́και erīthắkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.