κηκίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κᾱκίς (kākís) – Doric

Etymology

Formation like βαλβίς (balbís), κηλίς (kēlís), κνημίς (knēmís) and κρηπίς (krēpís). Traditionally compared with Lithuanian šókti (“to jump, dance”), as if from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂k-. The gloss καγκύλας (kankúlas, “oak-galls”) is compared with Lithuanian šankùs (“nimble”), but this cannot be connected here if the root was *ḱeh₂k-. At any rate the connection with the Lithuanian word must be abandoned, and the word is Pre-Greek, because of the prenasalization in καγκύλας (kankúlas).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.kís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈkis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈcis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈcis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈcis/

Noun

κηκῐ́ς • (kēkís) f (genitive κηκῖδος); third declension

anything gushing or bubbling forth
ooze, of fat or juices drawn forth by fire
oak gall and the dye made therefrom

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κηκῐ́ς; τῆς κηκῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κηκῐ́ς hē kēkís	τὼ κηκῖδε tṑ kēkîde	αἱ κηκῖδες hai kēkîdes
Genitive	τῆς κηκῖδος tês kēkîdos	τοῖν κηκῑ́δοιν toîn kēkī́doin	τῶν κηκῑ́δων tôn kēkī́dōn
Dative	τῇ κηκῖδῐ têi kēkîdi	τοῖν κηκῑ́δοιν toîn kēkī́doin	ταῖς κηκῖσῐ / κηκῖσῐν taîs kēkîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κηκῖδᾰ tḕn kēkîda	τὼ κηκῖδε tṑ kēkîde	τᾱ̀ς κηκῖδᾰς tā̀s kēkîdas
Vocative	κηκῐ́ς kēkís	κηκῖδε kēkîde	κηκῖδες kēkîdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

κηκίδιον (kēkídion)
κηκιδοφόρος (kēkidophóros)
κηκίω (kēkíō)