δάκρυ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δάκρυον (dákruon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru. Cognates include Latin lacruma, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr), Old English tēar, Sanskrit अश्रु (aśru) and Old Armenian արտաւսր (artawsr).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.kry/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.kry/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kry/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kry/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kri/

Noun

δᾰ́κρῠ • (dákru) n (genitive —); third declension

tear
Anything which drips like a tear: gum, sap

Inflection

Only the nominative singular δᾰ́κρῠ (dákru) and dative plural δᾰ́κρῠσῐ (dákrusi) are attested as being unambiguously from this form. The nominative plural δάκρῠα (dákrua) and genitive plural δακρῠ́ων (dakrúōn) can be from either this form or from δάκρυον (dákruon).

Derived terms

δακρύω (dakrúō)

Descendants

Greek: δάκρυ (dákry)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Noun

δάκρυ • (dákry) n (plural δάκρυα)

tear (from crying)

Declension

declension of δάκρυ

	singular	plural
nominative	δάκρυ •	δάκρυα •
genitive	δακρύου •	δακρύων •
accusative	δάκρυ •	δάκρυα •
vocative	δάκρυ •	δάκρυα •

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δάκρυ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Noun

Declension