κοκκύγινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κοκκῡγέα (kokkūgéa, “fustic”) + -ῐνος (-inos), because of the purple-colored leaves of this plant. Perhaps influenced by κόκκινος (kókkinos, “scarlet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kok.ky̌ː.ɡi.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kokˈky.ɡi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈcy.ʝi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈcy.ʝi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈci.ʝi.nos/
Adjective
κοκκῡ́γῐνος • (kokkū́ginos) m (feminine κοκκῡγῐ́νη, neuter κοκκῡ́γῐνον); first/second declension
- purple-red
Inflection
First and second declension of κοκκῡ́γῐνος; κοκκῡγῐ́νη; κοκκῡ́γῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κοκκῡ́γῐνος kokkū́ginos | κοκκῡγῐ́νη kokkūgínē | κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon | κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō | κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgínā | κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō | κοκκῡ́γῐνοι kokkū́ginoi | κοκκῡ́γῐναι kokkū́ginai | κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gina | |||||
Genitive | κοκκῡγῐ́νου kokkūgínou | κοκκῡγῐ́νης kokkūgínēs | κοκκῡγῐ́νου kokkūgínou | κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin | κοκκῡγῐ́ναιν kokkūgínain | κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin | κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgínōn | κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgínōn | κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgínōn | |||||
Dative | κοκκῡγῐ́νῳ kokkūgínōi | κοκκῡγῐ́νῃ kokkūgínēi | κοκκῡγῐ́νῳ kokkūgínōi | κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin | κοκκῡγῐ́ναιν kokkūgínain | κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin | κοκκῡγῐ́νοις kokkūgínois | κοκκῡγῐ́ναις kokkūgínais | κοκκῡγῐ́νοις kokkūgínois | |||||
Accusative | κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon | κοκκῡγῐ́νην kokkūgínēn | κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon | κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō | κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgínā | κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō | κοκκῡγῐ́νους kokkūgínous | κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱς kokkūgínās | κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gina | |||||
Vocative | κοκκῡ́γῐνε kokkū́gine | κοκκῡγῐ́νη kokkūgínē | κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon | κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō | κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgínā | κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō | κοκκῡ́γῐνοι kokkū́ginoi | κοκκῡ́γῐναι kokkū́ginai | κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κοκκῡγῐ́νως kokkūgínōs | κοκκῡγῐνώτερος kokkūginṓteros | κοκκῡγῐνώτᾰτος kokkūginṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κοκκύγινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press