κόμαρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κόμαρον (kómaron), κύμαρος (kúmaros)

Etymology

Strömberg derives it from κόμη (kómē, “crown of a tree”) but Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόμᾰρος • (kómăros) m (genitive κομάρου); second declension

  1. strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόμᾰρος; τοῦ κομᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόμᾰρος
ho kómăros 		τὼ κομᾰ́ρω
tṑ komắrō 		οἱ κόμᾰροι
hoi kómăroi
Genitive τοῦ κομᾰ́ρου
toû komắrou 		τοῖν κομᾰ́ροιν
toîn komắroin 		τῶν κομᾰ́ρων
tôn komắrōn
Dative τῷ κομᾰ́ρῳ
tōî komắrōi 		τοῖν κομᾰ́ροιν
toîn komắroin 		τοῖς κομᾰ́ροις
toîs komắrois
Accusative τὸν κόμᾰρον
tòn kómăron 		τὼ κομᾰ́ρω
tṑ komắrō 		τοὺς κομᾰ́ρους
toùs komắrous
Vocative κόμᾰρε
kómăre 		κομᾰ́ρω
komắrō 		κόμᾰροι
kómăroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κόμαρι (kómari), κόμμαρι (kómmari), κομμάρεως (kommáreōs), κόμαρις (kómaris), κώμαρις (kṓmaris), κόμαρον (kómaron, “a purple dye obtained from strawberry tree”)
  • κομαρέα (komaréa), κουμαρέα (koumaréa)
  • κομαροφάγος (komarophágos)

Descendants

  • Koine Greek: κόμαρον n (kómaron, “strawberry tree fruit”)
    • Greek: κούμαρο n (koúmaro, “strawberry tree fruit”), κόμαρο (kómaro)
      • ⇒ Greek: κουμαριά f (koumariá, “strawberry tree”), κουραμιά (kouramiá)
        • → Bulgarian: кумарка f (kumarka, “strawberry tree”)
        • → Turkish: kumara (“strawberry tree”) (Izmir)
    • Pontic Greek: κομάρι (komári)
  • → Latin: comaron n (“strawberry tree fruit”)
  • → Sicilian: cacumbaru m (“strawberry tree”)

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