ποντίκι
See also: ποντικί
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ποντίκιν (pontíkin), ποντίκιον (pontíkion), diminutives of ποντικός (pontikós), from the Ancient Greek Ποντικός μῦς (Pontikós mûs, “a kind of weasel”), that is a μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) from Pontus; Ποντικός (Pontikós, “Pontic”). The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ponˈdi.ci/ compare with: ποντικί (pontikí, “the colour of a mouse”)
- Hyphenation: πο‧ντί‧κι
Noun edit
ποντίκι • (pontíki) n (plural ποντίκια)
- mouse (rodent)
- strong muscles, especially biceps
- (cooking) meat from the lower part of the leg of a calf
- (computing) mouse
- (military slang) recruit, newbie
Declension edit
declension of ποντίκι
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- ποντικάκι n (pontikáki) (diminutive)
- ποντίκαρος m (pontíkaros) (augmentative)
- πόντικας m (póntikas) (augmentative)
- ποντικί n (pontikí, “gris souris”) (colour, informal)
- ποντίτζιν n (pontítzin) (dialectal, Cyprus)
- and see: ποντικός m (pontikós, “mouse”)
See also edit
- τρωκτικό n (troktikó, “rodent”)
- ποντικός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Further reading edit
- ποντίκι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.