κόθορνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian according to Jonkees, but more probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόθορνος • (kóthornos) m (genitive κοθόρνου); second declension

  1. buskin, high boot, which covered the whole foot and half the leg, with thick soles, used by actors to increase their height

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόθορνος; τοῦ κοθόρνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόθορνος
ho kóthornos 		τὼ κοθόρνω
tṑ kothórnō 		οἱ κόθορνοι
hoi kóthornoi
Genitive τοῦ κοθόρνου
toû kothórnou 		τοῖν κοθόρνοιν
toîn kothórnoin 		τῶν κοθόρνων
tôn kothórnōn
Dative τῷ κοθόρνῳ
tōî kothórnōi 		τοῖν κοθόρνοιν
toîn kothórnoin 		τοῖς κοθόρνοις
toîs kothórnois
Accusative τὸν κόθορνον
tòn kóthornon 		τὼ κοθόρνω
tṑ kothórnō 		τοὺς κοθόρνους
toùs kothórnous
Vocative κόθορνε
kóthorne 		κοθόρνω
kothórnō 		κόθορνοι
kóthornoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: cothurnus
    • → English: cothurn (learned)
    • → French: cothurne (learned)
    • → German: Kothurn (learned)
    • → Italian: coturno (learned)
    • → Polish: koturn (learned)
    • → Russian: коту́рн (kotúrn) (learned)
    • → Spanish: coturno (learned)
  • Spanish: coturno

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