κώμακον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.ma.kon/ → /ˈko.ma.kon/ → /ˈko.ma.kon/

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

Noun

κώμᾰκον • (kṓmakon) n (genitive κωμᾰ́κου); second declension

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κώμᾰκον; τοῦ κωμᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κώμᾰκον tò kṓmakon	τὼ κωμᾰ́κω tṑ kōmákō	τᾰ̀ κώμᾰκᾰ tà kṓmaka
Genitive	τοῦ κωμᾰ́κου toû kōmákou	τοῖν κωμᾰ́κοιν toîn kōmákoin	τῶν κωμᾰ́κων tôn kōmákōn
Dative	τῷ κωμᾰ́κῳ tôi kōmákōi	τοῖν κωμᾰ́κοιν toîn kōmákoin	τοῖς κωμᾰ́κοις toîs kōmákois
Accusative	τὸ κώμᾰκον tò kṓmakon	τὼ κωμᾰ́κω tṑ kōmákō	τᾰ̀ κώμᾰκᾰ tà kṓmaka
Vocative	κώμᾰκον kṓmakon	κωμᾰ́κω kōmákō	κώμᾰκᾰ kṓmaka
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cōmacum

Further reading

• “κώμακον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κώμακον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette