νικύλεον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Neumann, from Pre-Greek.^[1] He connects it with the Linear B sign 𐀛 (ni), which looks like the branch of a fig-tree. In a later article, he further connects Egyptian nqꜥwt (“figs”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ni.ký.le.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /niˈky.le.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈcy.le.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈcy.le.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈci.le.on/

Noun

νικύλεον • (nikúleon) n (genitive νικυλέου); second declension

A kind of fig found in Crete
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.76f:
  Ἑρμῶναξ δ’ ἐν Γλώτταις Κρητικαῖς σύκων γένη ἀναγράφει ἁμάδεα καὶ νικύλεα.
  Hermônax d’ en Glṓttais Krētikaîs súkōn génē anagráphei hamádea kaì nikúlea.
  Hermonax in his 'Cretan Languages' lists as species of figs the hamadea and the nikulea.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νικύλεον; τοῦ νικυλέου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νικύλεον tò nikúleon	τὼ νικυλέω tṑ nikuléō	τᾰ̀ νικύλεᾰ tằ nikúleă
Genitive	τοῦ νικυλέου toû nikuléou	τοῖν νικυλέοιν toîn nikuléoin	τῶν νικυλέων tôn nikuléōn
Dative	τῷ νικυλέῳ tōî nikuléōi	τοῖν νικυλέοιν toîn nikuléoin	τοῖς νικυλέοις toîs nikuléois
Accusative	τὸ νικύλεον tò nikúleon	τὼ νικυλέω tṑ nikuléō	τᾰ̀ νικύλεᾰ tằ nikúleă
Vocative	νικύλεον nikúleon	νικυλέω nikuléō	νικύλεᾰ nikúleă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Neumann, Günter (1957) “Zur Sprache der kretischen Linearschrift A”, in Glotta, volume 35, number 1/2, →JSTOR, pages 156-158