βήρηξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βᾱ́ρᾰξ (bā́rax), βήρᾰξ (bḗrax), πᾱ́ρᾰξ (pā́rax)

Etymology

According to Beekes, it is a typical Pre-Greek word, given the suffix -ακ- and the variation β/π.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̌ː.rɛːks/ → /ˈβi.riks/ → /ˈvi.riks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛ̌ː.rɛːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe̝.re̝ks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.riks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.riks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.riks/

Noun

βήρηξ • (bḗrēx) m (genitive βήρηκος); third declension

1. kind of loaf or cake made of barley

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ βήρηξ; τοῦ βήρηκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βήρηξ ho bḗrēx	τὼ βήρηκε tṑ bḗrēke	οἱ βήρηκες hoi bḗrēkes
Genitive	τοῦ βήρηκος toû bḗrēkos	τοῖν βηρήκοιν toîn bērḗkoin	τῶν βηρήκων tôn bērḗkōn
Dative	τῷ βήρηκῐ tôi bḗrēki	τοῖν βηρήκοιν toîn bērḗkoin	τοῖς βήρηξῐ / βήρηξῐν toîs bḗrēxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν βήρηκᾰ tòn bḗrēka	τὼ βήρηκε tṑ bḗrēke	τοὺς βήρηκᾰς toùs bḗrēkas
Vocative	βήρηξ bḗrēx	βήρηκε bḗrēke	βήρηκες bḗrēkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βήρηξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βήρηξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βήρηξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βάραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200