κώδων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɔ̌ː.dɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.ðon/
Noun
κώδων • (kṓdōn) m (genitive κώδωνος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κώδων ho kṓdōn |
τὼ κώδωνε tṑ kṓdōne |
οἱ κώδωνες hoi kṓdōnes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κώδωνος toû kṓdōnos |
τοῖν κωδώνοιν toîn kōdṓnoin |
τῶν κωδώνων tôn kōdṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κώδωνῐ tōî kṓdōnĭ |
τοῖν κωδώνοιν toîn kōdṓnoin |
τοῖς κώδωσῐ / κώδωσῐν toîs kṓdōsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κώδωνᾰ tòn kṓdōnă |
τὼ κώδωνε tṑ kṓdōne |
τοὺς κώδωνᾰς toùs kṓdōnăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κώδων kṓdōn |
κώδωνε kṓdōne |
κώδωνες kṓdōnes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κωδώνιον (kōdṓnion)
Descendants
Further reading
- “κώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κώδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κώδων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- alarm bell idem, page 21.
- bell idem, page 72.
- tocsin idem, page 880.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).
Noun
κώδων • (kódon) m (plural κώδωνες)
- bell (Katharevousa form of κουδούνι (koudoúni))
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κώδων (kódon) | κώδωνες (kódones) |
| genitive | κώδωνος (kódonos) | κωδώνων (kodónon) |
| accusative | κώδωνα (kódona) | κώδωνας (kódonas) |
| vocative | κώδων (kódon) | κώδωνες (kódones) |
Synonyms
Related terms
- κωδωνοκρουσία f (kodonokrousía, “bell ringing”)
- κωδωνοκρούστης m (kodonokroústis, “bell ringer”)
- κωδωνοστάσιο n (kodonostásio, “bell tower, belfry”)
- καταδυτικός κώδων m (katadytikós kódon, “diving bell”)