μήκων
See also: μηκών
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCognate with Proto-Slavic *makъ, (Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ)) and German Mohn; from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̌ː.kɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.kon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
Noun
editμήκων • (mḗkōn) f (genitive μήκωνος); third declension
- opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
- single poppyseed
- quasi-liver of testaceans
- ink sac of the cuttlefish
- a metallic sand
- (anatomy) the part of the ear at the root under the lobe
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μήκων hē mḗkōn |
τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne |
αἱ μήκωνες hai mḗkōnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μήκωνος tês mḗkōnos |
τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin |
τῶν μηκώνων tôn mēkṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μήκωνῐ têi mḗkōni |
τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin |
ταῖς μήκωσῐ / μήκωσῐν taîs mḗkōsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μήκωνᾰ tḕn mḗkōna |
τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne |
τᾱ̀ς μήκωνᾰς tā̀s mḗkōnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μήκων mḗkōn |
μήκωνε mḗkōne |
μήκωνες mḗkōnes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- μηκωνᾰ́ρῐον (mēkōnárion)
- μηκώνειος (mēkṓneios)
- μηκώνῐκος (mēkṓnikos)
- μηκώνῐον (mēkṓnion)
- μηκωνῐ́ς (mēkōnís)
- μηκωνῖτῐς (mēkōnîtis)
- μηκωνοειδής (mēkōnoeidḗs)
- μηκωνοφόρος (mēkōnophóros)
Descendants
edit- Greek: μήκων (míkon)
- English: mecon
- Translingual: Arctomecon, Calomecon, Dendromecon, Eomecon, Hesperomecon, Hylomecon, Meconella, Meconopsis, Oreomecon, Stylomecon
- → Old Armenian: մեկոն (mekon)
Further reading
edit- “μήκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μήκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μήκων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn). Cognate with German Mohn.
Noun
editμήκων • (míkon) m or f (plural μήκωνες)
- poppy, papaver
- Synonym: παπαρούνα (paparoúna)
- Η Μήκων η υπνοφόρος είναι είδος παπαρούνας από το οποίο παρασκευάζεται το όπιο.
- I Míkon i ypnofóros eínai eídos paparoúnas apó to opoío paraskevázetai to ópio.
- The Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is a type of Papaver from which opium is produced.
Declension
editDeclension of μήκων
Derived terms
edit- Μήκων η υπνοφόρος f (Míkon i ypnofóros, “opium poppy”)
- μηκωνέλαιο n (mikonélaio, “oil extracted from the opium poppy”)
- μηκώνιο m or n (mikónio, “juice extracted from the opium poppy”)
See also
edit- όπιο n (ópio, “opium”)
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