κρίκος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”).[1] However, due to the relation with κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), whose root structure cannot be smoothly reconstructed back to Proto-Indo-European, Beekes is skeptical of current explanations, and refrains from assigning any etymology.[2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κρῐ́κος • (kríkos) m (genitive κρῐ́κου); second declension

  1. ring

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κρῐ́κος; τοῦ κρῐ́κου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κρῐ́κος
ho kríkos		 τὼ κρῐ́κω
tṑ kríkō		 οἱ κρῐ́κοι
hoi kríkoi
Genitive τοῦ κρῐ́κου
toû kríkou		 τοῖν κρῐ́κοιν
toîn kríkoin		 τῶν κρῐ́κων
tôn kríkōn
Dative τῷ κρῐ́κῳ
tôi kríkōi		 τοῖν κρῐ́κοιν
toîn kríkoin		 τοῖς κρῐ́κοις
toîs kríkois
Accusative τὸν κρῐ́κον
tòn kríkon		 τὼ κρῐ́κω
tṑ kríkō		 τοὺς κρῐ́κους
toùs kríkous
Vocative κρῐ́κε
kríke		 κρῐ́κω
kríkō		 κρῐ́κοι
kríkoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρίκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 779

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“bend, turn”).

Noun

κρίκος • (kríkos) m (plural κρίκοι)

  1. link, ring (attached to or part of a chain)
  2. earring
  3. (figuratively) link (connection between two people, subjects, etc)

Declension
declension of κρίκος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κρίκος • κρίκοι •
genitive κρίκου • κρίκων •
accusative κρίκο • κρίκους •
vocative κρίκε • κρίκοι •
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