τύκος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- τύχος (túkhos)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *túkos, traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *teuk-, with cognates in Russian ткать (tkatʹ, “to weave”) and Latvian tūkât (“to knead, press”). Yet the consonant variation rather seems to demonstrate that the word is Pre-Greek. The influence of τεύχω (teúkhō, “to make”) is improbable, as its meaning is not specific enough.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tý.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈty.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈty.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈty.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.kos/
Noun
τῠ́κος • (túkos) m (genitive τῠ́κου); second declension
- instrument for stonework, mason's hammer or pick
- battle axe, poleaxe
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τῠ́κος ho túkos |
τὼ τῠ́κω tṑ túkō |
οἱ τῠ́κοι hoi túkoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τῠ́κου toû túkou |
τοῖν τῠ́κοιν toîn túkoin |
τῶν τῠ́κων tôn túkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τῠ́κῳ tôi túkōi |
τοῖν τῠ́κοιν toîn túkoin |
τοῖς τῠ́κοις toîs túkois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τῠ́κον tòn túkon |
τὼ τῠ́κω tṑ túkō |
τοὺς τῠ́κους toùs túkous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τῠ́κε túke |
τῠ́κω túkō |
τῠ́κοι túkoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τύκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τύκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τύκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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, →ISBN
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