Κότυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Thracian *Kotus, itself a loanword from Phrygian.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.tys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.tys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.tys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.tys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.tis/
Proper noun
Κότῠς • (Kótus) m (genitive Κότῠος); third declension
- a male given name from Thracian: Cotys, the name of two kings of the Sapaei
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Κότῠς; τοῦ Κότῠος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κότῠς ho Kótus | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κότῠος toû Kótuos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κότῠῐ̈ / Κότυι tôi Kótuï / Kótui | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κότῠν tòn Kótun | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κότῠ Kótu | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Κότυς (Kótys)
- → Latin: Cotys
References
- Vladimir I. Georgiev (1977) Траките И Техният Език [The Thracians and their Language] (in Bulgarian), Изд-во на Българската академия на науките, page 222
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007