ἐγκρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Not related to ἐγκεράννυμι (enkeránnumi, “to mix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.krís/ → /eŋˈɡris/ → /eŋˈɡris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.krís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈkris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡris/

Noun

ἐγκρίς • (enkrís) f (genitive ἐγκρίδος); third declension

1. A cake made with oil and honey, similar to the modern loukoumas or doughnut

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐγκρῐ́ς; τῆς ἐγκρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐγκρῐ́ς hē enkrís	τὼ ἐγκρῐ́δε tṑ enkríde	αἱ ἐγκρῐ́δες hai enkrídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐγκρῐ́δος tês enkrídos	τοῖν ἐγκρῐ́δοιν toîn enkrídoin	τῶν ἐγκρῐ́δων tôn enkrídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐγκρῐ́δῐ têi enkrídi	τοῖν ἐγκρῐ́δοιν toîn enkrídoin	ταῖς ἐγκρῐ́σῐ / ἐγκρῐ́σῐν taîs enkrísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐγκρῐ́δᾰ tḕn enkrída	τὼ ἐγκρῐ́δε tṑ enkríde	τᾱ̀ς ἐγκρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s enkrídas
Vocative	ἐγκρῐ́ς enkrís	ἐγκρῐ́δε enkríde	ἐγκρῐ́δες enkrídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• ἐγκριδοπώλης (enkridopṓlēs)

References

• “ἐγκρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐγκρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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