ἐρείκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Hellenic *weréykā, with no clear Proto-Indo-European etymon. The similarity of Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vìržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”), Proto-Slavic *vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ) have led Beekes and Matasović to support a common non-Indo-European substrate source.[1][2][3][4] It is sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to twist, turn”).[5][6]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐρείκη • (ereíkē) f (genitive ἐρείκης); first declension

  1. heath (Erica arborea)

Declension
First declension of ἡ ἐρείκη; τῆς ἐρείκης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐρείκη
hē ereíkē		 τὼ ἐρείκᾱ
tṑ ereíkā		 αἱ ἐρεῖκαι
hai ereîkai
Genitive τῆς ἐρείκης
tês ereíkēs		 τοῖν ἐρείκαιν
toîn ereíkain		 τῶν ἐρεικῶν
tôn ereikôn
Dative τῇ ἐρείκῃ
têi ereíkēi		 τοῖν ἐρείκαιν
toîn ereíkain		 ταῖς ἐρείκαις
taîs ereíkais
Accusative τὴν ἐρείκην
tḕn ereíkēn		 τὼ ἐρείκᾱ
tṑ ereíkā		 τᾱ̀ς ἐρείκᾱς
tā̀s ereíkās
Vocative ἐρείκη
ereíkē		 ἐρείκᾱ
ereíkā		 ἐρεῖκαι
ereîkai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἐρεικαῖον (ereikaîon)
  • ἐρεικηρόν (ereikērón)
  • ἐρεικίς (ereikís)
  • ἐρεικόεις (ereikóeis)
  • ἐρείκῐνος (ereíkinos)
  • ἐρείκῐον (ereíkion)
  • ἐρεικῑ́τας (ereikī́tas)
  • ὑπέρεικος (hupéreikos)

Descendants
  • → Latin: erīcē

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρείκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȇrsъ, *vȇrskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 516
  4. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
  5. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  6. Watkins, Calvert (1985) The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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