Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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A foreign loan, possibly from Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κᾰ́κτος (káktosf or m (genitive κᾰ́κτου); second declension

  1. (feminine) the cardoon, Cynara cardunculus
  2. (masculine) the artichoke (the fruit of the cardoon); also, the cardoon’s edible leaf-stalks

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Greek: κάκτος (káktos)
  • Latin: cactus (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάκτος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 620

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin cactus, from the Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos).

Noun

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κάκτος (káktosm (plural κάκτοι)

  1. cactus

Declension

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