κοκκύγινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κοκκῡγέα (kokkūgéa, “fustic”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos), because of the purple-colored leaves of this plant. Perhaps influenced by κόκκινος (kókkinos, “scarlet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kok.ky̌ː.ɡi.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kokˈky.ɡi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈcy.ʝi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈcy.ʝi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈci.ʝi.nos/
Adjective
κοκκῡ́γῐνος • (kokkū́gĭnos) m (feminine κοκκῡγῐ́νη, neuter κοκκῡ́γῐνον); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | κοκκῡ́γῐνος kokkū́gĭnos |
κοκκῡγῐ́νη kokkūgĭ́nē |
κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́gĭnon |
κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgĭ́nō |
κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgĭ́nā |
κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgĭ́nō |
κοκκῡ́γῐνοι kokkū́gĭnoi |
κοκκῡ́γῐναι kokkū́gĭnai |
κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | κοκκῡγῐ́νου kokkūgĭ́nou |
κοκκῡγῐ́νης kokkūgĭ́nēs |
κοκκῡγῐ́νου kokkūgĭ́nou |
κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgĭ́noin |
κοκκῡγῐ́ναιν kokkūgĭ́nain |
κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgĭ́noin |
κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgĭ́nōn |
κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgĭ́nōn |
κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | κοκκῡγῐ́νῳ kokkūgĭ́nōi |
κοκκῡγῐ́νῃ kokkūgĭ́nēi |
κοκκῡγῐ́νῳ kokkūgĭ́nōi |
κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgĭ́noin |
κοκκῡγῐ́ναιν kokkūgĭ́nain |
κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgĭ́noin |
κοκκῡγῐ́νοις kokkūgĭ́nois |
κοκκῡγῐ́ναις kokkūgĭ́nais |
κοκκῡγῐ́νοις kokkūgĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́gĭnon |
κοκκῡγῐ́νην kokkūgĭ́nēn |
κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́gĭnon |
κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgĭ́nō |
κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgĭ́nā |
κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgĭ́nō |
κοκκῡγῐ́νους kokkūgĭ́nous |
κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱς kokkūgĭ́nās |
κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | κοκκῡ́γῐνε kokkū́gĭne |
κοκκῡγῐ́νη kokkūgĭ́nē |
κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́gĭnon |
κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgĭ́nō |
κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgĭ́nā |
κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgĭ́nō |
κοκκῡ́γῐνοι kokkū́gĭnoi |
κοκκῡ́γῐναι kokkū́gĭnai |
κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κοκκῡγῐ́νως kokkūgĭ́nōs |
κοκκῡγῐνώτερος kokkūgĭnṓteros |
κοκκῡγῐνώτᾰτος kokkūgĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κοκκύγινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press