κηρύκειον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.ry̌ː.keː.on/ → /ciˈry.ci.on/ → /ciˈri.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.ry̌ː.keː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈry.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈry.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ciˈry.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈri.ci.on/

Adjective

κηρῡ́κειον • (kērū́keion)

1. inflection of κηρῡ́κειος (kērū́keios):
   1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Noun

κηρῡ́κειον • (kērū́keion) n (genitive κηρῡκείου); second declension

1. caduceus (herald's wand)

   Alternative forms: (Ionic) κηρῡκήῐ̈ον (kērūkḗĭ̈on), (Doric) κᾱρῡ́κειον (kārū́keion)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κηρῡ́κειον; τοῦ κηρῡκείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κηρῡ́κειον tò kērū́keion	τὼ κηρῡκείω tṑ kērūkeíō	τᾰ̀ κηρῡ́κειᾰ tằ kērū́keiă
Genitive	τοῦ κηρῡκείου toû kērūkeíou	τοῖν κηρῡκείοιν toîn kērūkeíoin	τῶν κηρῡκείων tôn kērūkeíōn
Dative	τῷ κηρῡκείῳ tōî kērūkeíōi	τοῖν κηρῡκείοιν toîn kērūkeíoin	τοῖς κηρῡκείοις toîs kērūkeíois
Accusative	τὸ κηρῡ́κειον tò kērū́keion	τὼ κηρῡκείω tṑ kērūkeíō	τᾰ̀ κηρῡ́κειᾰ tằ kērū́keiă
Vocative	κηρῡ́κειον kērū́keion	κηρῡκείω kērūkeíō	κηρῡ́κειᾰ kērū́keiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κηρύκειον” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κηρύκειον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “κηρύκειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press