κέρκουρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κερκοῦρος (kerkoûros), κέρκυρος (kérkuros), κέρκυρᾰ (kérkura)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”). Could also be of Semitic origin, compare Syriac ܩܪܩܘܪܐ‎ (qarqūrāʾ, “boat”). Compare also Latin cercūrus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kér.koː.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛr.ku.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈker.ku.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.ku.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.ku.ros/

Noun

κέρκουρος • (kérkouros) m (genitive κερκούρου); second declension

boat, small ship
type of fish

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κέρκουρος; τοῦ κερκούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κέρκουρος ho kérkouros	τὼ κερκούρω tṑ kerkoúrō	οἱ κέρκουροι hoi kérkouroi
Genitive	τοῦ κερκούρου toû kerkoúrou	τοῖν κερκούροιν toîn kerkoúroin	τῶν κερκούρων tôn kerkoúrōn
Dative	τῷ κερκούρῳ tôi kerkoúrōi	τοῖν κερκούροιν toîn kerkoúroin	τοῖς κερκούροις toîs kerkoúrois
Accusative	τὸν κέρκουρον tòn kérkouron	τὼ κερκούρω tṑ kerkoúrō	τοὺς κερκούρους toùs kerkoúrous
Vocative	κέρκουρε kérkoure	κερκούρω kerkoúrō	κέρκουροι kérkouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

κέρκουρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κέρκουρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
κέρκουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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