"παλλακή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See παλλακή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pal.la.kɛ̌ː/, /pal.laˈci/, /pa.laˈci/, /pal.la.kɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pal.laˈke̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /pal.laˈci/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /pal.laˈci/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /pa.laˈci/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The word may well be Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix "-ακ-". Similarly, Levin regards Latin paelex (“mistress”) as a loanword from a Mediterranean language, maybe a Semitic one, in view of Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh, “concubine”). Other connections that have been proposed include Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”), Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠parīg⁠/), Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā), and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik), all of which Beekes dismisses for formal or semantic reasons. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|la|paelex||mistress}} Latin paelex (“mistress”), {{der|grc|sem|-}} Semitic, {{cog|he|פִּילֶגֶשׁ||concubine|tr=pilegesh}} Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh, “concubine”), {{cog|mga|airech||concubine, wanton woman}} Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”), {{cog|ae|𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁|t=beautiful women seducing pious men}} Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”), {{cog|pal|ts=parīg}} Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠parīg⁠/), {{cog|kho|𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸}} Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā), {{cog|xcl|պարիկ}} Old Armenian պարիկ (parik) Head templates: {{grc-noun|παλλᾰκή|παλλᾰκῆς|f|first}} παλλᾰκή • (pallăkḗ) f (genitive παλλᾰκῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|παλλᾰκή|ης}} Forms: παλλᾰκή [canonical], pallăkḗ [romanization], παλλᾰκῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ παλλᾰκή [nominative, singular], τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ παλλᾰκαί [nominative, plural], τῆς παλλᾰκῆς [genitive, singular], τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν παλλᾰκῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ παλλᾰκῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς παλλᾰκαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν παλλᾰκήν [accusative, singular], τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς παλλᾰκᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], παλλᾰκή [singular, vocative], παλλᾰκᾱ́ [dual, vocative], παλλᾰκαί [plural, vocative], παλλακίς [alternative]
  1. concubine, young girl Categories (topical): Female people Derived forms: παλλακεία (pallakeía), παλλακεύω (pallakeúō), παλλακίδιον (pallakídion), παλλακῖνος (pallakînos), παλλάκιον (pallákion), παλλακός (pallakós) Related terms: πάλλαξ (pállax) (english: youth)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "pallaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: pallaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: pallaca"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paelex",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mistress"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin paelex (“mistress”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "sem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Semitic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "פִּילֶגֶשׁ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "concubine",
        "tr": "pilegesh"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh, “concubine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "airech",
        "3": "",
        "4": "concubine, wanton woman"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁",
        "t": "beautiful women seducing pious men"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "ts": "parīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠parīg⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kho",
        "2": "𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸"
      },
      "expansion": "Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "պարիկ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian պարիկ (parik)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The word may well be Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix \"-ακ-\". Similarly, Levin regards Latin paelex (“mistress”) as a loanword from a Mediterranean language, maybe a Semitic one, in view of Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh, “concubine”). Other connections that have been proposed include Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”), Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠parīg⁠/), Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā), and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik), all of which Beekes dismisses for formal or semantic reasons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pallăkḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ παλλᾰκή",
      "roman": "hē pallăkḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ pallăkā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ παλλᾰκαί",
      "roman": "hai pallăkaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς παλλᾰκῆς",
      "roman": "tês pallăkês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn pallăkaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν παλλᾰκῶν",
      "roman": "tôn pallăkôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ παλλᾰκῇ",
      "roman": "têi pallăkêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn pallăkaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς παλλᾰκαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs pallăkaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν παλλᾰκήν",
      "roman": "tḕn pallăkḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ pallăkā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς παλλᾰκᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pallăkā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκή",
      "roman": "pallăkḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκᾱ́",
      "roman": "pallăkā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκαί",
      "roman": "pallăkaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλακίς",
      "roman": "pallakís",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "παλλᾰκή",
        "2": "παλλᾰκῆς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "παλλᾰκή • (pallăkḗ) f (genitive παλλᾰκῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "παλλᾰκή",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "grc:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "pallakeía",
          "word": "παλλακεία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pallakeúō",
          "word": "παλλακεύω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pallakídion",
          "word": "παλλακίδιον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pallakînos",
          "word": "παλλακῖνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pallákion",
          "word": "παλλάκιον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pallakós",
          "word": "παλλακός"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "concubine, young girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-παλλακή-grc-noun-AlYvxBkA",
      "links": [
        [
          "concubine",
          "concubine"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "youth",
          "roman": "pállax",
          "word": "πάλλαξ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.la.kɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.laˈci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.la.kɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈci/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈci/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.laˈci/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "παλλακή"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "pallakeía",
      "word": "παλλακεία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pallakeúō",
      "word": "παλλακεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pallakídion",
      "word": "παλλακίδιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pallakînos",
      "word": "παλλακῖνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pallákion",
      "word": "παλλάκιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pallakós",
      "word": "παλλακός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "pallaca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: pallaca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: pallaca"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "paelex",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mistress"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin paelex (“mistress”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "sem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Semitic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "פִּילֶגֶשׁ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "concubine",
        "tr": "pilegesh"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh, “concubine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "airech",
        "3": "",
        "4": "concubine, wanton woman"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁",
        "t": "beautiful women seducing pious men"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "ts": "parīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠parīg⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kho",
        "2": "𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸"
      },
      "expansion": "Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "պարիկ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian պարիկ (parik)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The word may well be Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix \"-ακ-\". Similarly, Levin regards Latin paelex (“mistress”) as a loanword from a Mediterranean language, maybe a Semitic one, in view of Hebrew פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pilegesh, “concubine”). Other connections that have been proposed include Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”), Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠parīg⁠/), Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā), and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik), all of which Beekes dismisses for formal or semantic reasons.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκή",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pallăkḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ παλλᾰκή",
      "roman": "hē pallăkḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ pallăkā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ παλλᾰκαί",
      "roman": "hai pallăkaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς παλλᾰκῆς",
      "roman": "tês pallăkês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn pallăkaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν παλλᾰκῶν",
      "roman": "tôn pallăkôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ παλλᾰκῇ",
      "roman": "têi pallăkêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν παλλᾰκαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn pallăkaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς παλλᾰκαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs pallăkaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν παλλᾰκήν",
      "roman": "tḕn pallăkḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ παλλᾰκᾱ́",
      "roman": "tṑ pallăkā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς παλλᾰκᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pallăkā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκή",
      "roman": "pallăkḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκᾱ́",
      "roman": "pallăkā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλᾰκαί",
      "roman": "pallăkaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "παλλακίς",
      "roman": "pallakís",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "παλλᾰκή",
        "2": "παλλᾰκῆς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "παλλᾰκή • (pallăkḗ) f (genitive παλλᾰκῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "παλλᾰκή",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "youth",
      "roman": "pállax",
      "word": "πάλλαξ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Semitic languages",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Middle Persian term requests",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Female people"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "concubine, young girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "concubine",
          "concubine"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.la.kɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.laˈci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.la.kɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈci/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pal.laˈci/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pa.laˈci/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "παλλακή"
}

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