ποντίκι
See also: ποντικί
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ποντίκιν (pontíkin), ποντίκιον (pontíkion), diminutives of ποντικός (pontikós), from the Ancient Greek Ποντικός μῦς (Pontikós mûs, “a kind of weasel”), that is a μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) from Pontus; Ποντικός (Pontikós, “Pontic”). The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ponˈdi.ci/ compare with: ποντικί (pontikí, “the colour of a mouse”)
- Hyphenation: πο‧ντί‧κι
Noun
ποντίκι • (pontíki) n (plural ποντίκια)
- mouse (rodent)
- strong muscles, especially biceps
- (cooking) meat from the lower part of the leg of a calf
- (computing) mouse
- (military slang) recruit, newbie
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ποντίκι (pontíki) | ποντίκια (pontíkia) |
| genitive | ποντικιού (pontikioú) | ποντικιών (pontikión) |
| accusative | ποντίκι (pontíki) | ποντίκια (pontíkia) |
| vocative | ποντίκι (pontíki) | ποντίκια (pontíkia) |
Synonyms
Related terms
- ποντικάκι n (pontikáki) (diminutive)
- ποντίκαρος m (pontíkaros) (augmentative)
- πόντικας m (póntikas) (augmentative)
- ποντικί n (pontikí, “gris souris”) (colour, informal)
- ποντίτζιν n (pontítzin) (dialectal, Cyprus)
- and see: ποντικός m (pontikós, “mouse”)
See also
- τρωκτικό n (troktikó, “rodent”)
- ποντικός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Further reading
- ποντίκι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language