κοκκίον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κοκκίν (kokkín)
κουκκίον (koukkíon), κουκκίν (koukkín), κουκκί (koukkí)
κούκκι (koúkki)

Etymology

From κόκκος (kókkos) +‎ -ίον (-íon).

Noun

κοκκίον • (kokkíon) (plural κοκκία or κουκκία or κουκκιά) (Byzantine)

grain, seed, kernel
Synonyms: σπόρος (spóros), κόκκος (kókkos)
- a. 1500, Ἰωάννης Σταφιδᾶς, Ἰατροσόφιον, folio 224a^[1]:
  Βάτου καπρὸν ἤτοι τὰ κουκκία του ἄωρα ξηρὰ τρῖψον καὶ πότισον μετὰ αὐστηροῦ οἴνου.
  Bátou kapròn ḗtoi tà koukkía tou áōra xērà trîpson kaì pótison metà austēroû oínou.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
seed of the broad bean (Vicia faba)
Synonyms: κύαμος (kúamos), κόκκος (kókkos)
- 14th c., Στέφανος Σαχλίκης, Ἀφήγησις παράξενος, folio 5, lines 220^[2]:
  πολλὰ φασούλια ἐφέρασιν, πολλὰ κουκκιά καθόλου
  pollà phasoúlia ephérasin, pollà koukkiá kathólou
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
pill
Synonyms: καταπότιον (katapótion), κόκκος (kókkos)
- a. 1500, Ὀρνεοσόφιον ἀγροικότερον, 16^[3]:
  καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἱέρακι δώσεις ἐκάστῃ ἡμέρᾳ ὀφὰς τρεῖς, τοῦτ’ ἔστι κοκκία γ’.
  kaì ex autoû tōî hiéraki dṓseis ekástēi hēmérāi ophàs treîs, toût’ ésti kokkía g’.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 16th c., Johann Winter von Andernach^{[n 1]}, editor, Alexandri Tralliani Medici libri duodecim, […] , page 263:
  Βηχικὰ κοκκία
  Bēkhikà kokkía
  Cough pills
weight or monetary unit

Descendants

Greek: κουκί (koukí)
→ Albanian: koqe
→ Old Church Slavonic: коуциꙗ (kucija)
- Bulgarian: куча́ (kučá)
→ Old East Slavic: кꙋтьꙗ (kutĭja)
- Russian: кутья́ (kutʹjá)
- Old Ruthenian: кꙋтьѧ (kutʹja)
  - Belarusian: куцця́ (kuccjá)
  - Ukrainian: кутя́ (kutjá)
    - → Polish: kutia
→ Sicilian: cuccìa
- → Maltese: quċċija, qoċċija

Notes

^ Although the book is an edition of a 6th century CE work by Alexander of Tralles, and the term sometimes appears as his quotation,^[4] the term, was introduced in this edition in a heading. The terms actually used throughout the work for “pill” are καταπότιον (katapótion) and κόκκος (kókkos).

References

^ Legrand, Émile (1881) Bibliothèque grecque vulgaire, volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 5 of 1–7, lines 118–119
^ Papadimitriu, S. D. (1896) Стефанъ Сахликисъ и его стихотвореніе „Ἀφήγησις παράξενος“‎^[1], Odessa: Экономическая, page 23
^ Hercher, Rudolf (1866) Claudii Aeliani, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 525 of 517–573, lines 2–3
^ κοκκίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Kriaras, E. G. (1982) “κοκκί(ο)ν”, in Λεξικό της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας. 1100–1669 [Lexikó tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías. 1100–1669] (in Greek), volume 8 καταθο–κροκυ, Thessaloniki, page 223f.
see also “κοκκί(ο)ν”, in Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías], the compacted online edition

[5] Although the book is an edition of a 6th century CE work by Alexander of Tralles, and the term sometimes appears as his quotation,^[4] the term, was introduced in this edition in a heading. The terms actually used throughout the work for “pill” are καταπότιον (katapótion) and κόκκος (kókkos).

[1] Legrand, Émile (1881) Bibliothèque grecque vulgaire, volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 5 of 1–7, lines 118–119

[2] Papadimitriu, S. D. (1896) Стефанъ Сахликисъ и его стихотвореніе „Ἀφήγησις παράξενος“‎^[1], Odessa: Экономическая, page 23

[3] Hercher, Rudolf (1866) Claudii Aeliani, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, page 525 of 517–573, lines 2–3

[4] κοκκίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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