κοκκύμηλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόκκῠξ (kókkux, “cuckoo”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kok.ký.mɛː.lon/ → /koˈcy.mi.lon/ → /koˈci.mi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kok.ký.mɛː.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kokˈky.me̝.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈcy.mi.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈcy.mi.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈci.mi.lon/

Noun

κοκκῠ́μηλον • (kokkúmēlon) n (genitive κοκκῠμήλου); second declension

1. plum

   Synonym: μᾰ́δρῠᾰ (mádrua)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κοκκῠ́μηλον; τοῦ κοκκῠμήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κοκκῠ́μηλον tò kokkúmēlon	τὼ κοκκῠμήλω tṑ kokkumḗlō	τᾰ̀ κοκκῠ́μηλᾰ tà kokkúmēla
Genitive	τοῦ κοκκῠμήλου toû kokkumḗlou	τοῖν κοκκῠμήλοιν toîn kokkumḗloin	τῶν κοκκῠμήλων tôn kokkumḗlōn
Dative	τῷ κοκκῠμήλῳ tôi kokkumḗlōi	τοῖν κοκκῠμήλοιν toîn kokkumḗloin	τοῖς κοκκῠμήλοις toîs kokkumḗlois
Accusative	τὸ κοκκῠ́μηλον tò kokkúmēlon	τὼ κοκκῠμήλω tṑ kokkumḗlō	τᾰ̀ κοκκῠ́μηλᾰ tà kokkúmēla
Vocative	κοκκῠ́μηλον kokkúmēlon	κοκκῠμήλω kokkumḗlō	κοκκῠ́μηλᾰ kokkúmēla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Sicilian: cuccumeli

Further reading

• “κοκκύμηλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κοκκύμηλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette