κῶνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóh₃nos, from the root *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), like Sanskrit शाण (śāṇa, “whetstone”), Latin cōs (“whetstone”) and Latin catus (“clever, sharp”). Schwyzer, however, considered the word to be a foreign borrowing; this suggestion is supported by the variant adduced by Furnée, who suggests a Pre-Greek origin, and supported by Beekes.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̂ː.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/

Noun

κῶνος • (kônos) m or f (genitive κώνου); second declension

(masculine) pine cone
Synonym: στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos)
edible seed of a pine tree
(feminine) pine tree
cone or peak of a helmet
(geometry) cone
iron pole round which grain is piled in conical shape

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κῶνος; τοῦ, τῆς κώνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ κῶνος ho, hē kônos	τὼ κώνω tṑ kṓnō	οἱ, αἱ κῶνοι hoi, hai kônoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς κώνου toû, tês kṓnou	τοῖν κώνοιν toîn kṓnoin	τῶν κώνων tôn kṓnōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ κώνῳ tōî, tēî kṓnōi	τοῖν κώνοιν toîn kṓnoin	τοῖς, ταῖς κώνοις toîs, taîs kṓnois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν κῶνον tòn, tḕn kônon	τὼ κώνω tṑ kṓnō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κώνους toùs, tā̀s kṓnous
Vocative	κῶνε kône	κώνω kṓnō	κῶνοι kônoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κωνᾰ́ρῐον (kōnắrĭon)
κωνᾰ́ω (kōnắō)
κώνησῐς (kṓnēsĭs)
κωνητῐκός (kōnētĭkós)
κωνῐ́ᾱς (kōnĭ́ās)
κωνῐκός (kōnĭkós)
κωνῐ́ον (kōnĭ́on)
κωνῐ́ς (kōnĭ́s)
κωνῖτῐς (kōnîtĭs)
κωνοειδής (kōnoeidḗs)
κωνόκᾰρπος (kōnókărpos)
κωνοκόλουρος (kōnokólouros)
κωνοτομέω (kōnotoméō)

Descendants

Greek: κώνος (kónos)
→ Arabic: قونس (qōnus)
→ Old Armenian: կոն (kon), կովն (kovn), կոնոս (konos), կոնոն (konon)
- Armenian: կոն (kon)
→ Hebrew: קונוס
→ Latin: cōnus
- → Arabic: قونوس (qōnūs)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κῶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 815