Κώκαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely related to κόκκᾰλος (kókkălos) (or a potential doublet of it, because of the vowel lengthening), a diminutive of κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, kernel”), which leads to Pre-Greek. Compare, for more, the variant forms of κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Κώκαλος • (Kṓkalos) m (genitive Κώκαλου); second declension

Legendary Sican king, ruler of Camicus, whose myth tells that he was protecting Daedalus intent on hiding from the Cretan ruler Minos; this latter will find a violent death in Sicania (present-day Sicily).

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κώκαλος; τοῦ Κωκάλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κώκαλος ho Kṓkalos
Genitive	τοῦ Κωκάλου toû Kōkálou
Dative	τῷ Κωκάλῳ tōî Kōkálōi
Accusative	τὸν Κώκαλον tòn Kṓkalon
Vocative	Κώκαλε Kṓkale
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

Μῑ́νως (Mī́nōs)

Related terms

Καμάρινα (Kamárina)
Κάμειρος (Kámeiros)
Καμίκιοι (Kamíkioi)
Κάμικος (Kámikos) and Καμικός (Kamikós)
Κασμέναι (Kasménai)
Ὕβλα (Húbla)

Descendants

Greek: Κώκαλος (Kókalos)
→ Latin: Cōcalus
- French: Cocalus
- Italian: Cocalo
- Spanish: Cócalo
- English: Cocalus
- German: Cocalus
- Polish: Cocalus
- Russian: Kокал (Kokal)
- Sicilian: Cùcalu