βώκαρος

See also: Βώκᾰρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Lewy connects the word with Hebrew ביכורים (bikkūrīm, “first fruits”), which comes from the stem ב־כ־ר (bakār, “to be premature”), suggesting a Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̌ː.ka.ros/ → /ˈβo.ka.ros/ → /ˈvo.ka.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔ̌ː.ka.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ka.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.ka.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ka.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ka.ros/

Noun

βώκᾰρος • (bṓkaros) m (genitive βωκᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. (at Troezen) spring

   Synonym: ἔᾰρ (éar)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βώκᾰρος; τοῦ βωκᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βώκᾰρος ho bṓkaros	τὼ βωκᾰ́ρω tṑ bōkárō	οἱ βώκᾰροι hoi bṓkaroi
Genitive	τοῦ βωκᾰ́ρου toû bōkárou	τοῖν βωκᾰ́ροιν toîn bōkároin	τῶν βωκᾰ́ρων tôn bōkárōn
Dative	τῷ βωκᾰ́ρῳ tôi bōkárōi	τοῖν βωκᾰ́ροιν toîn bōkároin	τοῖς βωκᾰ́ροις toîs bōkárois
Accusative	τὸν βώκᾰρον tòn bṓkaron	τὼ βωκᾰ́ρω tṑ bōkárō	τοὺς βωκᾰ́ρους toùs bōkárous
Vocative	βώκᾰρε bṓkare	βωκᾰ́ρω bōkárō	βώκᾰροι bṓkaroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βώκαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βώκαρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 173