κολοκυνθίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κολοκύνθη (kolokúnthē, “pumpkin”) + -ίς (-ís, suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.lo.kyn.tʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.lo.kynˈtʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.lo.kynˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.lo.cynˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.lo.cinˈθis/
Noun
κολοκυνθίς • (kolokunthís) f (genitive κολοκυνθίδος); third declension
- (botany) wild gourd, colocynth
Derived terms
- ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis, “gourdification”)
Descendants
- Latin: colocynthis
- English: colocynth
- French: coloquinte
- Spanish: coloquíntida
- Catalan: coloquinta