κόϊξ
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly related to σκοίκιον (skoíkion, “vessel, receptacle”), in which case it is from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.iks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.iks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.iks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.iks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.iks/
Noun edit
κόϊξ • (kóïx) m (genitive κόϊκος); third declension
- doum palm, Hyphaene thebaica
- Synonym: κοῦκι (koûki)
- basket made from palm leaves
- 5th century BC, Pherecrates, Collected Works 78
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόϊξ ho kóïx |
τὼ κόϊκε tṑ kóïke |
οἱ κόϊκες hoi kóïkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόϊκος toû kóïkos |
τοῖν κοΐκοιν toîn koḯkoin |
τῶν κοΐκων tôn koḯkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόϊκῐ tôi kóïki |
τοῖν κοΐκοιν toîn koḯkoin |
τοῖς κόϊξῐ / κόϊξῐν toîs kóïxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόϊκᾰ tòn kóïka |
τὼ κόϊκε tṑ kóïke |
τοὺς κόϊκᾰς toùs kóïkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόϊξ kóïx |
κόϊκε kóïke |
κόϊκες kóïkes | ||||||||||
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Related terms edit
- κοΐκινος (koḯkinos)
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Coix
References edit
- “κόϊξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 731-732