Κότυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Thracian *Kotus, itself a loanword from Phrygian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.tys/ → /ˈko.tys/ → /ˈko.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.tys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.tys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.tys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.tys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.tis/

Proper noun

Κότῠς • (Kótus) m (genitive Κότῠος); third declension

1. a male given name from Thracian: Cotys, the name of two kings of the Sapaei

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κότῠς; τοῦ Κότῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κότῠς ho Kótus
Genitive	τοῦ Κότῠος toû Kótuos
Dative	τῷ Κότῠῐ̈ / Κότυι tôi Kótuï / Kótui
Accusative	τὸν Κότῠν tòn Kótun
Vocative	Κότῠ Kótu
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κότυς (Kótys)
• → Latin: Cotys

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007