ἁλικάκκαβον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἁλικάκαβον (halikákabon), ἁλικάκκαβα (halikákkaba), ἁλικάκκαβος (halikákkabos)

Etymology

Perhaps from ἅλς (háls, “salt”) +‎ κακκάβη (kakkábē, “three-legged pot; partridge”), because of the shape of its fruits.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.li.kák.ka.bon/ → /a.liˈka.ka.βon/ → /a.liˈka.ka.von/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.li.kák.ka.bon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.liˈkak.ka.bon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈka.ka.βon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈka.ka.von/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.liˈka.ka.von/

Noun

ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον • (halikákkabon) n (genitive ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βου); second declension

1. winter cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

   Synonym: κῠ́στῐον (kústion)

2. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)

   Synonyms: κακκαλία (kakkalía), μώριος (mṓrios), στρύχνον (strúkhnon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον; τοῦ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον tò halikákkabon	τὼ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω tṑ halikakkábō	τᾰ̀ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ tà halikákkaba
Genitive	τοῦ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βου toû halikakkábou	τοῖν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοιν toîn halikakkáboin	τῶν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βων tôn halikakkábōn
Dative	τῷ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βῳ tôi halikakkábōi	τοῖν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοιν toîn halikakkáboin	τοῖς ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοις toîs halikakkábois
Accusative	τὸ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον tò halikákkabon	τὼ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω tṑ halikakkábō	τᾰ̀ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ tà halikákkaba
Vocative	ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον halikákkabon	ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω halikakkábō	ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ halikákkaba
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἁλικάκκαβον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἁλικάκκαβον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁλικάκκαβον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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