"κέρκος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κέρκος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kér.kos/, /ˈcer.kos/, /ˈcer.kos/, /kér.kos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈker.kos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcer.kos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcer.kos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈcer.kos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of Pre-Greek origin. Compare κερκίς (kerkís). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|κέρκου|f|second}} κέρκος • (kérkos) f (genitive κέρκου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κέρκος|κέρκου|form=F-full}} Forms: kérkos [romanization], κέρκου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ κέρκος [nominative, singular], τὼ κέρκω [dual, nominative], αἱ κέρκοι [nominative, plural], τῆς κέρκου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κέρκοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κέρκων [genitive, plural], τῇ κέρκῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κέρκοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς κέρκοις [dative, plural], τὴν κέρκον [accusative, singular], τὼ κέρκω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς κέρκους [accusative, plural], κέρκε [singular, vocative], κέρκω [dual, vocative], κέρκοι [plural, vocative]
  1. the tail of a beast
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-VX8djSEv
  2. a penis
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-wrGZc3mH
  3. a handle
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-BgyL61S3
  4. a small animal that attacks grapevines Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-6srnI2Gf Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12
  5. a small animal that attacks grapevines
    Synonym of ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn)
    Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: ἀλεκτρυών [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-gPZ6BGBf Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12
  6. a tongue of flame
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-hJ8wzWYY
  7. (Byzantine) a stake, picket, or pale Tags: Byzantine Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-Mufb~onr Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13 Categories (other): Byzantine Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12
  8. (Byzantine) a burin (a chisel-like tool used for engraving) Tags: Byzantine Categories (topical): Tools Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-κέρκος-grc-noun-6-7xzf1b Disambiguation of Tools: 10 3 3 12 12 3 11 44 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13 Categories (other): Byzantine Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κέρκουρος (kérkouros)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kérkouros",
      "word": "κέρκουρος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Cercomacra",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Cercomacra",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Cercopithecus",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Cercopithecus",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Onchocerca",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Onchocerca",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Ptilocercus",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Ptilocercus",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "generic names"
          },
          "expansion": "(generic names)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: ?Cercomacra, Cercopithecus, ?Onchocerca, Ptilocercus (generic names)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cysticercus"
          },
          "expansion": "English: cysticercus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: cysticercus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cercus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: cercus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "New Latin"
          },
          "expansion": "(New Latin)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: cercus (New Latin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cercus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: cercus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cercus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Pre-Greek origin. Compare κερκίς (kerkís).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kérkos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ κέρκος",
      "roman": "hē kérkos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέρκω",
      "roman": "tṑ kérkō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ κέρκοι",
      "roman": "hai kérkoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς κέρκου",
      "roman": "tês kérkou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κέρκοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kérkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κέρκων",
      "roman": "tôn kérkōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ κέρκῳ",
      "roman": "têi kérkōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κέρκοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kérkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς κέρκοις",
      "roman": "taîs kérkois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν κέρκον",
      "roman": "tḕn kérkon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέρκω",
      "roman": "tṑ kérkō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς κέρκους",
      "roman": "tā̀s kérkous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκε",
      "roman": "kérke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκω",
      "roman": "kérkō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκοι",
      "roman": "kérkoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέρκου",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "κέρκος • (kérkos) f (genitive κέρκου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέρκος",
        "2": "κέρκου",
        "form": "F-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 785"
        },
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1031"
        },
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 909"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 254d"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sertorius 16"
        },
        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 689b.2"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 565b.29"
        },
        {
          "text": "421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1054"
        },
        {
          "text": "4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 130"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the tail of a beast"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-VX8djSEv",
      "links": [
        [
          "tail",
          "tail#English"
        ],
        [
          "beast",
          "beast#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 239"
        },
        {
          "text": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 5.45"
        },
        {
          "text": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 3.68"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a penis"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-wrGZc3mH",
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Lexiphanes 7"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a handle"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-BgyL61S3",
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Animals",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Nature",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small animal that attacks grapevines"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-6srnI2Gf",
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal#English"
        ],
        [
          "grapevines",
          "grapevine#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Animals",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Nature",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small animal that attacks grapevines",
        "Synonym of ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn)"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-gPZ6BGBf",
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal#English"
        ],
        [
          "grapevines",
          "grapevine#English"
        ],
        [
          "ἀλεκτρυών",
          "ἀλεκτρυών#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "alektruṓn",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "ἀλεκτρυών"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 1257"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tongue of flame"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-hJ8wzWYY",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue#English"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Byzantine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Animals",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Nature",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ScriptOr 259.21"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a stake, picket, or pale"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-Mufb~onr",
      "links": [
        [
          "stake",
          "stake#English"
        ],
        [
          "picket",
          "picket#English"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) a stake, picket, or pale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Byzantine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 29 29 1 18 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 2 18 18 2 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 1 1 36 36 1 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 1 36 36 1 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 32 32 1 16 13",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Animals",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Nature",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 3 3 12 12 3 11 44",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "grc:Tools",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "VAndR e.69E"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a burin (a chisel-like tool used for engraving)"
      ],
      "id": "en-κέρκος-grc-noun-6-7xzf1b",
      "links": [
        [
          "burin",
          "burin#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) a burin (a chisel-like tool used for engraving)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kér.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kér.kos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈker.kos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κέρκος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Animal body parts",
    "grc:Tools"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kérkouros",
      "word": "κέρκουρος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Cercomacra",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Cercomacra",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Cercopithecus",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Cercopithecus",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Onchocerca",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Onchocerca",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Ptilocercus",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Ptilocercus",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "generic names"
          },
          "expansion": "(generic names)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: ?Cercomacra, Cercopithecus, ?Onchocerca, Ptilocercus (generic names)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cysticercus"
          },
          "expansion": "English: cysticercus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: cysticercus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "cercus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: cercus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "New Latin"
          },
          "expansion": "(New Latin)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: cercus (New Latin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "cercus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: cercus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: cercus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Pre-Greek origin. Compare κερκίς (kerkís).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kérkos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ κέρκος",
      "roman": "hē kérkos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέρκω",
      "roman": "tṑ kérkō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ κέρκοι",
      "roman": "hai kérkoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς κέρκου",
      "roman": "tês kérkou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κέρκοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kérkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κέρκων",
      "roman": "tôn kérkōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ κέρκῳ",
      "roman": "têi kérkōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κέρκοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kérkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς κέρκοις",
      "roman": "taîs kérkois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν κέρκον",
      "roman": "tḕn kérkon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κέρκω",
      "roman": "tṑ kérkō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς κέρκους",
      "roman": "tā̀s kérkous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκε",
      "roman": "kérke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκω",
      "roman": "kérkō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κέρκοι",
      "roman": "kérkoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέρκου",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "κέρκος • (kérkos) f (genitive κέρκου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κέρκος",
        "2": "κέρκου",
        "form": "F-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 785"
        },
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 1031"
        },
        {
          "text": "424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 909"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 254d"
        },
        {
          "text": "46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sertorius 16"
        },
        {
          "text": "350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 689b.2"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 565b.29"
        },
        {
          "text": "421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1054"
        },
        {
          "text": "4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 130"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the tail of a beast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tail",
          "tail#English"
        ],
        [
          "beast",
          "beast#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 239"
        },
        {
          "text": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 5.45"
        },
        {
          "text": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, Collected Works 3.68"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a penis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Lexiphanes 7"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a handle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small animal that attacks grapevines"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal#English"
        ],
        [
          "grapevines",
          "grapevine#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small animal that attacks grapevines",
        "Synonym of ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal#English"
        ],
        [
          "grapevines",
          "grapevine#English"
        ],
        [
          "ἀλεκτρυών",
          "ἀλεκτρυών#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "alektruṓn",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "ἀλεκτρυών"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 1257"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tongue of flame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue#English"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Byzantine Greek"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ScriptOr 259.21"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a stake, picket, or pale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stake",
          "stake#English"
        ],
        [
          "picket",
          "picket#English"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) a stake, picket, or pale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Byzantine Greek"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "VAndR e.69E"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a burin (a chisel-like tool used for engraving)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "burin",
          "burin#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) a burin (a chisel-like tool used for engraving)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kér.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kér.kos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈker.kos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcer.kos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κέρκος"
}

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