κόσσυφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κόττῠφος (kóttŭphos) — Attic
  • κόσσῠκος (kóssŭkos)

Etymology

Has been connected with Proto-Slavic *kosъ (“blackbird”) and with Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, to blow”), but according to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόσσῠφος • (kóssŭphos) m (genitive κοσσῠ́φου); second declension

  1. blackbird
  2. a type of fish
  3. a type of poultry at Tanagra

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόσσῠφος; τοῦ κοσσῠ́φου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόσσῠφος
ho kóssŭphos 		τὼ κοσσῠ́φω
tṑ kossŭ́phō 		οἱ κόσσῠφοι
hoi kóssŭphoi
Genitive τοῦ κοσσῠ́φου
toû kossŭ́phou 		τοῖν κοσσῠ́φοιν
toîn kossŭ́phoin 		τῶν κοσσῠ́φων
tôn kossŭ́phōn
Dative τῷ κοσσῠ́φῳ
tōî kossŭ́phōi 		τοῖν κοσσῠ́φοιν
toîn kossŭ́phoin 		τοῖς κοσσῠ́φοις
toîs kossŭ́phois
Accusative τὸν κόσσῠφον
tòn kóssŭphon 		τὼ κοσσῠ́φω
tṑ kossŭ́phō 		τοὺς κοσσῠ́φους
toùs kossŭ́phous
Vocative κόσσῠφε
kóssŭphe 		κοσσῠ́φω
kossŭ́phō 		κόσσῠφοι
kóssŭphoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κότσυφος m (kótsyfos, “blackbird”)

References

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