κίχορα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κιχόρη (kikhórē), κιχόριον (kikhórion)
Etymology
No etymology. Perhaps from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kí.kʰo.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈki.kʰo.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈci.xo.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈci.xo.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.xo.ra/
Noun
κῐ́χορᾰ • (kíkhora) n pl (genitive κῐχόρων); second declension
- chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Declension
Second declension of τᾰ̀ κῐ́χορᾰ; τῶν κῐχόρων (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ κῐ́χορᾰ tà kíkhora | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν κῐχόρων tôn kikhórōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς κῐχόροις toîs kikhórois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ κῐ́χορᾰ tà kíkhora | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κῐ́χορᾰ kíkhora | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κιχοριώδης (kikhoriṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: κιχώριον (kichórion)
- → Latin: cichorium
- → English: chicory
- → Translingual: Cichorium
References
- “κίχορα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κίχορα 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