κακκάω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *kakkajō, from the Proto-Indo-European Lallwort root *kakka- (“to defecate”).[1]
Related to Latin cacō, Middle Irish caccaim, Old Armenian քակոր (kʻakor), Middle Armenian քաք (kʻakʻ), and German kacken.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kak.ká.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kakˈka.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈka.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈka.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈka.o/
Verb
editκᾰκκᾰ́ω • (kăkkắō)
Inflection
edit Present: κᾰκκᾰ́ω, κᾰκκᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐκᾰ́κκᾰον, ἐκᾰκκᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκᾰ́κκᾰον | ἐκᾰ́κκᾰες | ἐκᾰ́κκᾰε(ν) | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́ετον | ἐκᾰκκᾰέτην | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́ομεν | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́ετε | ἐκᾰ́κκᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκᾰκκᾰόμην | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́ου | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́ετο | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́εσθον | ἐκᾰκκᾰέσθην | ἐκᾰκκᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́εσθε | ἐκᾰκκᾰ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐκᾰ́κκων | ἐκᾰ́κκᾱς | ἐκᾰ́κκᾱ | ἐκᾰκκᾶτον | ἐκᾰκκᾱ́την | ἐκᾰκκῶμεν | ἐκᾰκκᾶτε | ἐκᾰ́κκων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκᾰκκώμην | ἐκᾰκκῶ | ἐκᾰκκᾶτο | ἐκᾰκκᾶσθον | ἐκᾰκκᾱ́σθην | ἐκᾰκκώμεθᾰ | ἐκᾰκκᾶσθε | ἐκᾰκκῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Related terms
edit- κάκκη (kákkē)
Descendants
edit- Greek: κακά (kaká, “poo, poop”)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κακκαώ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 619
Further reading
edit- “κακκάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κακκάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κακκάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette