κῆρυξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κᾶρῠξ (kârux) – Aeolic

Etymology

Probably a Pre-Greek word as suggested by the long -ύ- and enlarged -κ-. Often compared to Sanskrit कारु (kāru, “singer, poet”) but Beekes rejects this.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̂ː.ryks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ryks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ryks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ryks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.riks/

Noun

κῆρῠξ • (kêrux) m (genitive κήρῡκος); third declension

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κῆρῠξ; τοῦ κήρῡκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῆρῠξ ho kêrux	τὼ κήρῡκε tṑ kḗrūke	οἱ κήρῡκες hoi kḗrūkes
Genitive	τοῦ κήρῡκος toû kḗrūkos	τοῖν κηρῡ́κοιν toîn kērū́koin	τῶν κηρῡ́κων tôn kērū́kōn
Dative	τῷ κήρῡκῐ tôi kḗrūki	τοῖν κηρῡ́κοιν toîn kērū́koin	τοῖς κήρῡξῐ / κήρῡξῐν toîs kḗrūxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κήρῡκᾰ tòn kḗrūka	τὼ κήρῡκε tṑ kḗrūke	τοὺς κήρῡκᾰς toùs kḗrūkas
Vocative	κῆρῠξ kêrux	κήρῡκε kḗrūke	κήρῡκες kḗrūkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

κῆρυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
κῆρυξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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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