ὤκιμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Natively connected with ἀκή (akḗ) and ἄκαινα (ákaina) from a root related to sharpness, but this does not explain the initial ὤ-. According to Beekes, the presence of similar words ἄκινος (ákinos, “wild basil”) and ὤκινον (ṓkinon, “clover”) shows Pre-Greek origin. Löw and Nöldeke explain with a borrowing from Aramaic, retained in Classical Syriac ܚܘܟܐ (ḥawkā, “basil”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.ki.mon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ki.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ci.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ci.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ci.mon/

Noun

ὤκῐμον • (ṓkĭmon) n (genitive ὠκῐ́μου); second declension

basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὤκῐμον; τοῦ ὠκῐ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὤκῐμον tò ṓkĭmon	τὼ ὠκῐ́μω tṑ ōkĭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ὤκῐμᾰ tằ ṓkĭmă
Genitive	τοῦ ὠκῐ́μου toû ōkĭ́mou	τοῖν ὠκῐ́μοιν toîn ōkĭ́moin	τῶν ὠκῐ́μων tôn ōkĭ́mōn
Dative	τῷ ὠκῐ́μῳ tōî ōkĭ́mōi	τοῖν ὠκῐ́μοιν toîn ōkĭ́moin	τοῖς ὠκῐ́μοις toîs ōkĭ́mois
Accusative	τὸ ὤκῐμον tò ṓkĭmon	τὼ ὠκῐ́μω tṑ ōkĭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ὤκῐμᾰ tằ ṓkĭmă
Vocative	ὤκῐμον ṓkĭmon	ὠκῐ́μω ōkĭ́mō	ὤκῐμᾰ ṓkĭmă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὠκῐ́μινος (ōkĭ́minos)
ὠκῐμοειδές (ōkĭmoeidés)
ὠκῐμοειδής (ōkĭmoeidḗs)
ὠκῐμώδης (ōkĭmṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Latin: ōcimus
→ Translingual: Ocimum