βάκκαρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • βάκκαρ (bákkar), βάκχαρ (bákkhar), βάκχαρις (bákkharis)

Etymology

According to a scholium of Aeschylus, the word is from Lydian, whereas Furnée argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βάκκᾰρῐς • (bákkaris) f (genitive βᾰκκάρῐδος); third declension

  1. wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum)
  2. sowbread (Cyclamen hederifolium)
  3. red everlasting (Helichrysum sanguineum)
  4. unguent made with wild spikenard

Declension
Third declension of ἡ βᾰ́κκᾰρῐς; τῆς βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βᾰ́κκᾰρῐς
hē bákkaris		 τὼ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδε
tṑ bakkáride		 αἱ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδες
hai bakkárides
Genitive τῆς βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδος
tês bakkáridos		 τοῖν βᾰκκᾰρῐ́δοιν
toîn bakkarídoin		 τῶν βᾰκκᾰρῐ́δων
tôn bakkarídōn
Dative τῇ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδῐ
têi bakkáridi		 τοῖν βᾰκκᾰρῐ́δοιν
toîn bakkarídoin		 ταῖς βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐσῐ / βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐσῐν
taîs bakkárisi(n)
Accusative τὴν βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδᾰ
tḕn bakkárida		 τὼ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδε
tṑ bakkáride		 τᾱ̀ς βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδᾰς
tā̀s bakkáridas
Vocative βᾰ́κκᾰρῐς
bákkaris		 βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδε
bakkáride		 βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδες
bakkárides
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • → Latin: baccar

Further reading
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