γλυκύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (“sweet”). Cognate with Latin dulcis and Old Armenian քաղցր (kʿałcʿr).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.kýs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlyˈkys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈkys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈcys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣliˈcis/

Adjective

γλῠκῠ́ς • (glukús) m (feminine γλῠκεῖᾰ, neuter γλῠκῠ́); first/third declension

sweet (taste)

Inflection

First and third declension of γλῠκῠ́ς; γλῠκεῖᾰ; γλῠκῠ́ (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	γλῠκῠ́ς glukús	γλῠκεῖᾰ glukeîa	γλῠκῠ́ glukú	γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκείᾱ glukeíā	γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκεῖς glukeîs	γλῠκεῖαι glukeîai	γλῠκέᾰ glukéa
Genitive	γλῠκέως glukéōs	γλῠκείᾱς glukeíās	γλῠκέως glukéōs	γλῠκέοιν glukéoin	γλῠκείαιν glukeíain	γλῠκέοιν glukéoin	γλῠκέων glukéōn	γλῠκειῶν glukeiôn	γλῠκέων glukéōn
Dative	γλῠκεῖ glukeî	γλῠκείᾳ glukeíāi	γλῠκεῖ glukeî	γλῠκέοιν glukéoin	γλῠκείαιν glukeíain	γλῠκέοιν glukéoin	γλῠκέσῐ / γλῠκέσῐν glukési(n)	γλῠκείαις glukeíais	γλῠκέσῐ / γλῠκέσῐν glukési(n)
Accusative	γλῠκῠ́ν glukún	γλῠκεῖᾰν glukeîan	γλῠκῠ́ glukú	γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκείᾱ glukeíā	γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκεῖς glukeîs	γλῠκείᾱς glukeíās	γλῠκέᾰ glukéa
Vocative	γλῠκῠ́ glukú	γλῠκεῖᾰ glukeîa	γλῠκῠ́ glukú	γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκείᾱ glukeíā	γλῠκέε glukée	γλῠκεῖς glukeîs	γλῠκεῖαι glukeîai	γλῠκέᾰ glukéa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	γλῠκέως glukéōs			γλῠκῠ́τερος glukúteros			γλῠκῠ́τᾰτος glukútatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γλεῦκος (gleûkos)

Descendants

Greek: γλυκός (glykós, “sweet”)

References

γλυκύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γλυκύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
γλυκύς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γλυκύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γλυκύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
γλυκύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
γλυκύς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G1099 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- charming idem, page 126.
- dear idem, page 198.
- delicious idem, page 208.
- delightful idem, page 208.
- enchanting idem, page 270.
- fascinating idem, page 308.
- grateful idem, page 370.
- luscious idem, page 505.
- pleasant idem, page 619.
- ravishing idem, page 674.
- sweet idem, page 848.
- toothsome idem, page 881.

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