μήκων
See also: μηκών
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾱ́κων (mā́kōn) – Doric
Etymology
The formation is like βλήκων (blḗkōn). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *makъ, (Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ)) and German Mohn; from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̌ː.kɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.kon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.kon/
Noun
μήκων • (mḗkōn) f (genitive μήκωνος); third declension
- opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
- single poppyseed
- (architecture) poppyhead
- quasi-liver of testaceans
- ink sac of the cuttlefish
- a metallic sand
- (anatomy) the part of the ear at the root under the lobe
Declension
Third declension of ἡ μήκων; τῆς μήκωνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μήκων hē mḗkōn | τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne | αἱ μήκωνες hai mḗkōnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μήκωνος tês mḗkōnos | τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin | τῶν μηκώνων tôn mēkṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μήκωνῐ têi mḗkōni | τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin | ταῖς μήκωσῐ / μήκωσῐν taîs mḗkōsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μήκωνᾰ tḕn mḗkōna | τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne | τᾱ̀ς μήκωνᾰς tā̀s mḗkōnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μήκων mḗkōn | μήκωνε mḗkōne | μήκωνες mḗkōnes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μηκωνᾰ́ρῐον (mēkōnárion)
- μηκώνειος (mēkṓneios)
- μηκώνῐκος (mēkṓnikos)
- μηκώνῐον (mēkṓnion)
- μηκωνῐ́ς (mēkōnís)
- μηκωνῖτῐς (mēkōnîtis)
- μηκωνοειδής (mēkōnoeidḗs)
- μηκωνοφόρος (mēkōnophóros)
Descendants
- Greek: μήκων (míkon)
- English: mecon
- Translingual: Arctomecon, Dendromecon, Eomecon, Hylomecon, Meconella, Meconopsis, Stylomecon
- → Old Armenian: մեկոն (mekon)
Further reading
- “μήκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μήκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μήκων 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn). Cognate with German Mohn.
Noun
μήκων • (míkon) m or f (plural μήκωνες)
- poppy, papaver
- H Μήκων η υπνοφόρος είναι είδος παπαρούνας από το οποίο παρασκευάζεται το όπιο.
- H Míkon i ypnofóros eínai eídos paparoúnas apó to opoío paraskevázetai to ópio.
- The Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is a type of Papaver from which opium is produced.
- Synonym: παπαρούνα (paparoúna)
Declension
declension of μήκων
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | μήκων • | μήκωνες • |
genitive | μήκωνος • | μηκώνων • |
accusative | μήκωνα • | μήκωνας • |
vocative | μήκων • | μήκωνες • |
Derived terms
- Μήκων η υπνοφόρος f (Míkon i ypnofóros, “opium poppy”)
- μηκωνέλαιο n (mikonélaio, “oil extracted from the opium poppy”)
- μηκώνιο m or n (mikónio, “juice extracted from the opium poppy”)
See also
- όπιο n (ópio, “opium”)