βαυκάλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, it is, together with βαυκαλάω (baukaláō, “to lull to sleep”), from βαύκαλον (baúkalon, “softened, effeminate, affected”). This, in turn, is a derivation from βαυκός (baukós, “affected, prudish”), probably ultimately from a Pre-Greek adjective.^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bau̯.ká.lɛː/ → /βaɸˈka.li/ → /vafˈka.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bau̯.ká.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baʍˈka.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaɸˈka.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vafˈka.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vafˈka.li/

Noun

βαυκᾰ́λη • (baukálē) f (genitive βαυκᾰ́λης); first declension

1. cradle

   Synonym: λίκνον (líknon)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βαυκᾰ́λη hē baukálē	τὼ βαυκᾰ́λᾱ tṑ baukálā	αἱ βαυκᾰ́λαι hai baukálai
Genitive	τῆς βαυκᾰ́λης tês baukálēs	τοῖν βαυκᾰ́λαιν toîn baukálain	τῶν βαυκᾰλῶν tôn baukalôn
Dative	τῇ βαυκᾰ́λῃ têi baukálēi	τοῖν βαυκᾰ́λαιν toîn baukálain	ταῖς βαυκᾰ́λαις taîs baukálais
Accusative	τὴν βαυκᾰ́λην tḕn baukálēn	τὼ βαυκᾰ́λᾱ tṑ baukálā	τᾱ̀ς βαυκᾰ́λᾱς tā̀s baukálās
Vocative	βαυκᾰ́λη baukálē	βαυκᾰ́λᾱ baukálā	βαυκᾰ́λαι baukálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ βαυκᾰ́λη; τῆς βαυκᾰ́λης (Attic)

Further reading

• “βαυκάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαυκάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαυκάλη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαυκάλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 207-208