κἀκ

See also: κάκ and κάκ'

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κήκ (kḗk) — Doric, Laconian

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaːk/ → /kak/ → /kak/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kaːk/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kak/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kak/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kak/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kak/

Preposition

κᾱ̓κ • (kāk) (governs the genitive)

1. crasis of καὶ ἐκ (kaì ek)
   • 4th century BC, Isaeus, Apollodorus 40:

     κἀκ τούτων τίνα λῃτουργίαν οὐκ ἐξελῃτούργησεν;

     kak toútōn tína lēitourgían ouk exelēitoúrgēsen?

     • 1962 translation by Edward Seymour Forster

       As a result of these principles, what public service did he fail perfectly to discharge?

Further reading

• “κἀκ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press