βερικοκκία
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- βρεκοκκία (brekokkía)
Etymology edit
From βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon, “apricot (fruit)”) + -ία (-ía); the root, like πραικόκιον (praikókion), is from Latin praecoquum, alternative form of early-ripening, premature.
Pronunciation edit
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ve.ri.koˈci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ve.ri.koˈci.a/
Noun edit
βερικοκκία • (berikokkía) f (genitive βερικοκκίας); first declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ἡ βερικοκκίᾱ hē berikokkíā |
αἱ βερικοκκίαι hai berikokkíai |
Genitive | τῆς βερικοκκίᾱς tês berikokkíās |
τῶν βερικοκκιῶν tôn berikokkiôn |
Dative | τῇ βερικοκκίᾳ têi berikokkíāi |
ταῖς βερικοκκίαις taîs berikokkíais |
Accusative | τὴν βερικοκκίᾱν tḕn berikokkíān |
τᾱ̀ς βερικοκκίᾱς tā̀s berikokkíās |
Vocative | βερικοκκίᾱ berikokkíā |
βερικοκκίαι berikokkíai |
Descendants edit
- → Classical Syriac: ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā), ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܝܳܐ (barqūqāyā)
- → Arabic: برقوق (burqūq, barqūq) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- βερικοκκία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Sophocles, E. A. (1900) Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 306