κόϊξ

Ancient Greek

doum palm

Alternative forms

• κόϊς (kóïs) — Doric

Etymology

Possibly related to σκοίκιον (skoíkion, “vessel, receptacle”), in which case it is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

κόϊξ • (kóïx) m (genitive κόϊκος); third declension

1. doum palm, Hyphaene thebaica

   Synonym: κοῦκι (koûki)

   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.10.5
2. basket made from palm leaves
   • 5th century BC, Pherecrates, Fragmenta 78
   • 408 BCE – 334 BCE, Antiphanes Comicus, Collected Works 63
   • 540 BCE – 450 BCE, Epicharmus, Collected Works 113

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κόϊξ; τοῦ κόϊκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• κοΐκινος (koḯkinos)

Descendants

• Translingual: Coix

References

• “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