κόκκυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kókkūks, eventually from the same onomatopoeic root of κόκκῡ (kókkū, “cry of the cuckoo”) and κοκκύζω (kokkúzō, “to cry cuckoo”). Compare also English cuckoo, Latin cucūlus (“cuckoo”) and Greek κούκος (koúkos, “cuckoo”), which are all onomatopoeias.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόκκῡξ • (kókkūx) m (genitive κόκκῡγος); third declension

  1. cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
  2. red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus)
  3. fig that ripens early
  4. tailbone, coccyx
  5. mark on a horse's shoulder

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κόκκῡξ; τοῦ κόκκῡγος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόκκῡξ
ho kókkūx 		τὼ κόκκῡγε
tṑ kókkūge 		οἱ κόκκῡγες
hoi kókkūges
Genitive τοῦ κόκκῡγος
toû kókkūgos 		τοῖν κοκκῡ́γοιν
toîn kokkū́goin 		τῶν κοκκῡ́γων
tôn kokkū́gōn
Dative τῷ κόκκῡγῐ
tōî kókkūgĭ 		τοῖν κοκκῡ́γοιν
toîn kokkū́goin 		τοῖς κόκκῡξῐ / κόκκῡξῐν
toîs kókkūxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κόκκῡγᾰ
tòn kókkūgă 		τὼ κόκκῡγε
tṑ kókkūge 		τοὺς κόκκῡγᾰς
toùs kókkūgăs
Vocative κόκκῡξ
kókkūx 		κόκκῡγε
kókkūge 		κόκκῡγες
kókkūges
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: coccyx (see there for further descendants)

References

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