κόχλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κοκάλια (kokália), κοκκάλια (kokkália), κωκάλια (kōkália)

Etymology

Connection with κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel, cockle”) is evident; the prenasalization can be explained by borrowing from Pre-Greek[1] Semitic.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόχλος • (kókhlos) m (genitive κόχλου); second declension

  1. shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing purple
  2. land snail
    Synonyms: σέσῑλος (sésīlos), στρόμβος (strómbos)
  3. kohl
    Synonyms: λᾰ́ρβᾰσον (lắrbăson), στῐ́μμῐ (stĭ́mmĭ)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόχλος; τοῦ κόχλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόχλος
ho kókhlos 		τὼ κόχλω
tṑ kókhlō 		οἱ κόχλοι
hoi kókhloi
Genitive τοῦ κόχλου
toû kókhlou 		τοῖν κόχλοιν
toîn kókhloin 		τῶν κόχλων
tôn kókhlōn
Dative τῷ κόχλῳ
tōî kókhlōi 		τοῖν κόχλοιν
toîn kókhloin 		τοῖς κόχλοις
toîs kókhlois
Accusative τὸν κόχλον
tòn kókhlon 		τὼ κόχλω
tṑ kókhlō 		τοὺς κόχλους
toùs kókhlous
Vocative κόχλε
kókhle 		κόχλω
kókhlō 		κόχλοι
kókhloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κοχλῐ́ᾱ (kokhlĭ́ā)
  • κοχλῐᾰ́ρῐον (kokhlĭắrĭon)
  • κόχλῐᾱς (kókhlĭās)
  • κοχλῐ́δῐον (kokhlĭ́dĭon)
  • κοχλῐοειδής (kokhlĭoeidḗs)
  • κοχλῐοκογχῠ́λῐον (kokhlĭokonkhŭ́lĭon)
  • κοχλῐ́ς (kokhlĭ́s)
  • κοχλῐώρῠχον (kokhlĭṓrŭkhon)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Cochlospermum

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόχλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 765

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