ὕρχη

See also: ὔρχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῠ̓́ρχη (ŭ́rkhē) — Attic
  • ῠ̓́ρχᾱ (ŭ́rkhā) — Aeolic

Etymology

According to Beekes, a technical word of Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔́ρχη • (hŭ́rkhē) f (genitive ῠ̔́ρχης); first declension

  1. a jar for pickles or wine

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔́ρχη; τῆς ῠ̔́ρχης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῠ̔́ρχη
hē hŭ́rkhē 		τὼ ῠ̔́ρχᾱ
tṑ hŭ́rkhā 		αἱ ῠ̔́ρχαι
hai hŭ́rkhai
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔́ρχης
tês hŭ́rkhēs 		τοῖν ῠ̔́ρχαιν
toîn hŭ́rkhain 		τῶν ῠ̔ρχῶν
tôn hŭrkhôn
Dative τῇ ῠ̔́ρχῃ
tēî hŭ́rkhēi 		τοῖν ῠ̔́ρχαιν
toîn hŭ́rkhain 		ταῖς ῠ̔́ρχαις
taîs hŭ́rkhais
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔́ρχην
tḕn hŭ́rkhēn 		τὼ ῠ̔́ρχᾱ
tṑ hŭ́rkhā 		τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔́ρχᾱς
tā̀s hŭ́rkhās
Vocative ῠ̔́ρχη
hŭ́rkhē 		ῠ̔́ρχᾱ
hŭ́rkhā 		ῠ̔́ρχαι
hŭ́rkhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • →? Carian: 𐊫𐊥𐊽 (ork)
  • →? Latin: orca (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὕρχη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1537

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