κοτυληδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”) or the same Pre-Greek source. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix missing.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.lɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.le̝ˈdon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.liˈðon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.liˈðon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.ti.liˈðon/

Noun

κοτῠληδών • (kotŭlēdṓn) f (genitive κοτῠληδόνος); third declension

any cup shaped hollow or cavity
hollow of a cup
(anatomy) socket of the hip joint
navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris)
(in the plural) suckers on the arms of the octopus
(in the plural) cotyledons, foetal and uterine vascolar connections

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κοτῠληδών; τῆς κοτῠληδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοτῠληδών hē kotŭlēdṓn	τὼ κοτῠληδόνε tṑ kotŭlēdóne	αἱ κοτῠληδόνες hai kotŭlēdónes
Genitive	τῆς κοτῠληδόνος tês kotŭlēdónos	τοῖν κοτῠληδόνοιν toîn kotŭlēdónoin	τῶν κοτῠληδόνων tôn kotŭlēdónōn
Dative	τῇ κοτῠληδόνῐ tēî kotŭlēdónĭ	τοῖν κοτῠληδόνοιν toîn kotŭlēdónoin	ταῖς κοτῠληδόσῐ / κοτῠληδόσῐν taîs kotŭlēdósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κοτῠληδόνᾰ tḕn kotŭlēdónă	τὼ κοτῠληδόνε tṑ kotŭlēdóne	τᾱ̀ς κοτῠληδόνᾰς tā̀s kotŭlēdónăs
Vocative	κοτῠληδών kotŭlēdṓn	κοτῠληδόνε kotŭlēdóne	κοτῠληδόνες kotŭlēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κοτυληδονώδης (kotulēdonṓdēs)

Descendants

→ English: cotyledon
→ Italian: cotiledone
→ Translingual: Cotyledon

References

“κοτυληδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κοτυληδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
κοτυληδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette