κοάξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

κοάξ • (koáx)

1. croak, the sound made by a frog.
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 235:

     βρεκεκεκὲξ κοὰξ κοάξ.

     brekekekèx koàx koáx.

     Brekekekex koax koax.

Related terms

• βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx)

Descendants

• → English: coaxation

References

• “κοάξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers