ἀγγούριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ắngouron, “cucumber”) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aŋ.ɡǔː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
Noun
ᾰ̓γγούρῐον • (ăngoúrĭon) n (genitive ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου); second declension
- (botany) diminutive of ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ắngouron, “cucumber”)
- Synonyms: σῐκῠός (sĭkŭós), σῐ́κῠος (sĭ́kŭos), σῐ́κυς (sĭ́kus)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον tò ăngoúrĭon |
τὼ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω tṑ ăngourĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ tằ ăngoúrĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου toû ăngourĭ́ou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οιν toîn ăngourĭ́oin |
τῶν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ων tôn ăngourĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ῳ tōî ăngourĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οιν toîn ăngourĭ́oin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οις toîs ăngourĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον tò ăngoúrĭon |
τὼ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω tṑ ăngourĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ tằ ăngoúrĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓γγούρῐον ăngoúrĭon |
ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω ăngourĭ́ō |
ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ ăngoúrĭă | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ᾰ̓γγουρέᾱ f (ăngouréā)
- ᾰ̓γγουρόσπορος m (ăngourósporos, “seed of cucumber”)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: ἀγγούριν (angoúrin)
- Greek: αγγούρι (angoúri)
- → Belarusian: агуро́к (ahurók)
- → Czech: okurka
- → Hungarian: uborka
- → Italian: anguria
- → Kashubian: gùrka
- → Old Polish: ogurek
- → Russian: огуре́ц (oguréc)
- → Khakas: ӱгурсӱ (ügursü)
- → Yakut: огурсу (ogursu)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: у̀горак
- Latin script: ùgorak
- → Slovak: uhorka
- → Ukrainian: огіро́к (ohirók)
- → Arabic: عَجُّور (ʕajjūr) (semantic loan)
Further reading
- ἀγγούριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)