κερκίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear; possibly either from Pre-Greek or a diminutive form of κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κερκῐ́ς • (kerkís) f (genitive κερκῐ́δος); third declension

  1. weaver's shuttle
  2. any taper rod, of wood or ivory
  3. measuring rod, gnomon
  4. rod for stirring liquids
  5. iron dowel
  6. (architecture) wedge shaped division of the seats in the theatre
  7. (anatomy) tibia
  8. aspen (Populus tremula)
  9. Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
    Synonym: σημύδα (sēmúda)
  10. white bryony

Declension
Third declension of ἡ κερκῐ́ς; τῆς κερκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κερκῐ́ς
hē kerkís		 τὼ κερκῐ́δε
tṑ kerkíde		 αἱ κερκῐ́δες
hai kerkídes
Genitive τῆς κερκῐ́δος
tês kerkídos		 τοῖν κερκῐ́δοιν
toîn kerkídoin		 τῶν κερκῐ́δων
tôn kerkídōn
Dative τῇ κερκῐ́δῐ
têi kerkídi		 τοῖν κερκῐ́δοιν
toîn kerkídoin		 ταῖς κερκῐ́σῐ / κερκῐ́σῐν
taîs kerkísi(n)
Accusative τὴν κερκῐ́δᾰ
tḕn kerkída		 τὼ κερκῐ́δε
tṑ kerkíde		 τᾱ̀ς κερκῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s kerkídas
Vocative κερκῐ́ς
kerkís		 κερκῐ́δε
kerkíde		 κερκῐ́δες
kerkídes
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.

Derived terms
  • κερκίδιον (kerkídion)
  • κερκιδιαῖον (kerkidiaîon)
  • κερκίζω (kerkízō)
  • κέρκισις (kérkisis)
  • κέρκιστρα (kérkistra)
  • παρακερκίς (parakerkís)

Descendants

Further reading
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