ἄλκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably a Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), as is Latin alcēs.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ál.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈal.ke/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈal.ki/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈal.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈal.ci/
Noun
ἄλκη • (álkē) f (genitive ἄλκης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́λκη hē álkē |
τὼ ᾰ̓́λκᾱ tṑ álkā |
αἱ ᾰ̓́λκαι hai álkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓́λκης tês álkēs |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́λκαιν toîn álkain |
τῶν ᾰ̓λκῶν tôn alkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓́λκῃ têi álkēi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓́λκαιν toîn álkain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓́λκαις taîs álkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́λκην tḕn álkēn |
τὼ ᾰ̓́λκᾱ tṑ álkā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́λκᾱς tā̀s álkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́λκη álkē |
ᾰ̓́λκᾱ álkā |
ᾰ̓́λκαι álkai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Further reading
- ἄλκη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄλκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄλκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
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