βερικοκκία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βρεκοκκία (brekokkía)
Etymology
From βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon, “apricot (fruit)”) + -ία (-ía); the root, like πραικόκιον (praikókion), is from Latin praecoquum, alternative form of early-ripening, premature.
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ve.ri.koˈci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ve.ri.koˈci.a/
Noun
βερικοκκία • (berikokkía) f (genitive βερικοκκίας); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βερικοκκίᾱ hē berikokkíā |
αἱ βερικοκκίαι hai berikokkíai |
| Genitive | τῆς βερικοκκίᾱς tês berikokkíās |
τῶν βερικοκκιῶν tôn berikokkiôn |
| Dative | τῇ βερικοκκίᾳ tēî berikokkíāi |
ταῖς βερικοκκίαις taîs berikokkíais |
| Accusative | τὴν βερικοκκίᾱν tḕn berikokkíān |
τᾱ̀ς βερικοκκίᾱς tā̀s berikokkíās |
| Vocative | βερικοκκίᾱ berikokkíā |
βερικοκκίαι berikokkíai |
Descendants
- → Classical Syriac: ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā), ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܝܳܐ (barqūqāyā)
- → Arabic: برقوق (burqūq, barqūq) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- βερικοκκία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “βερικοκκία”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 306