κόκκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Uncertain; possibly from Pre-Greek. Potential cognates include Spanish cuesco (“stone (of fruit)”), though this is rejected by Furnee.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    κόκκος • (kókkos) m (genitive κόκκου); second declension

    1. grain, seed, kernel
    2. kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
    3. any insect of the genus Kermes, which live on the oak.
    4. scarlet dye made from the crushed bodies of the kermes bugs
    5. scarletberry, bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
    6. the colour scarlet
    7. testicle

    Declension

    Second declension of ὁ κόκκος; τοῦ κόκκου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ κόκκος
    ho kókkos     		τὼ κόκκω
    tṑ kókkō     		οἱ κόκκοι
    hoi kókkoi
    Genitive τοῦ κόκκου
    toû kókkou     		τοῖν κόκκοιν
    toîn kókkoin     		τῶν κόκκων
    tôn kókkōn
    Dative τῷ κόκκῳ
    tōî kókkōi     		τοῖν κόκκοιν
    toîn kókkoin     		τοῖς κόκκοις
    toîs kókkois
    Accusative τὸν κόκκον
    tòn kókkon     		τὼ κόκκω
    tṑ kókkō     		τοὺς κόκκους
    toùs kókkous
    Vocative κόκκε
    kókke     		κόκκω
    kókkō     		κόκκοι
    kókkoi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: κόκκος (kókkos)
    • → Latin: coccum (see there for further descendants)
    • →? Albanian: kokë

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 733

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).

    Noun

    κόκκος • (kókkos) m (plural κόκκοι)

    1. speck, grain, particle

    Declension

    Declension of κόκκος
    singular plural
    nominative κόκκος (kókkos) κόκκοι (kókkoi)
    genitive κόκκου (kókkou) κόκκων (kókkon)
    accusative κόκκο (kókko) κόκκους (kókkous)
    vocative κόκκε (kókke) κόκκοι (kókkoi)
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