μήκων

See also: μηκών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μᾱ́κων (mā́kōn) — Doric

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *makъ, (Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ)) and German Mohn; from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.kɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.kon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/

Noun

μήκων • (mḗkōn) f (genitive μήκωνος); third declension

opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
single poppyseed
quasi-liver of testaceans
ink sac of the cuttlefish
a metallic sand
(anatomy) the part of the ear at the root under the lobe

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μήκων; τῆς μήκωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μήκων hē mḗkōn	τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne	αἱ μήκωνες hai mḗkōnes
Genitive	τῆς μήκωνος tês mḗkōnos	τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin	τῶν μηκώνων tôn mēkṓnōn
Dative	τῇ μήκωνῐ tēî mḗkōnĭ	τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin	ταῖς μήκωσῐ / μήκωσῐν taîs mḗkōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μήκωνᾰ tḕn mḗkōnă	τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne	τᾱ̀ς μήκωνᾰς tā̀s mḗkōnăs
Vocative	μήκων mḗkōn	μήκωνε mḗkōne	μήκωνες mḗkōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μηκωνᾰ́ρῐον (mēkōnắrĭon)
μηκώνειος (mēkṓneios)
μηκώνῐκος (mēkṓnĭkos)
μηκώνῐον (mēkṓnĭon)
μηκωνῐ́ς (mēkōnĭ́s)
μηκωνῖτῐς (mēkōnîtĭs)
μηκωνοειδής (mēkōnoeidḗs)
μηκωνοφόρος (mēkōnophóros)

Descendants

Greek: μήκων (míkon)
English: mecon
Translingual: Arctomecon, Calomecon, Dendromecon, Eomecon, Hesperomecon, Hylomecon, Meconella, Meconopsis, Oreomecon, Stylomecon
→ Old Armenian: մեկոն (mekon)

Further reading

“μήκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μήκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μήκων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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

From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn). Cognate with German Mohn.

Noun

μήκων • (míkon) m or f (plural μήκωνες)

poppy, papaver
Synonym: παπαρούνα (paparoúna)

Η Μήκων η υπνοφόρος είναι είδος παπαρούνας από το οποίο παρασκευάζεται το όπιο.
I Míkon i ypnofóros eínai eídos paparoúnas apó to opoío paraskevázetai to ópio.
The Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is a type of Papaver from which opium is produced.

Declension

Declension of **μήκων**
	singular	plural
nominative	μήκων (míkon)	μήκωνες (míkones)
genitive	μήκωνος (míkonos)	μηκώνων (mikónon)
accusative	μήκωνα (míkona)	μήκωνας (míkonas)
vocative	μήκων (míkon)	μήκωνες (míkones)

Derived terms

Μήκων η υπνοφόρος f (Míkon i ypnofóros, “opium poppy”)
μηκωνέλαιο n (mikonélaio, “oil extracted from the opium poppy”)
μηκώνιο m or n (mikónio, “juice extracted from the opium poppy”)

See also

όπιο n (ópio, “opium”)