Alternative forms

• βᾱ́ρᾰξ (bā́răx), βήρᾰξ (bḗrăx), πᾱ́ρᾰξ (pā́răx)

Etymology

According to Beekes, it is a typical Pre-GreekCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate#ΒΗΡΗΞ word, given the suffix -ακ- and the variation β/π.

Pronunciation

Noun

βήρηξ • (bḗrēx) m (genitive βήρηκος)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Ancient Greek third-declension nouns#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Pages with entries#ΒΗΡΗΞCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΒΗΡΗΞ; third declension

1. kind of loaf or cake made of barley

Further reading

• “βήρηξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βήρηξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βήρηξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βάραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200