κόσσυφος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόττῠφος (kóttuphos) – Attic
- κόσσῠκος (kóssukos)
Etymology
Has been connected with Proto-Slavic *kosъ (“blackbird”) and with Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, to blow”), but according to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kós.sy.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkos.sy.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkos.sy.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkos.sy.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.si.fos/
Noun
κόσσῠφος • (kóssuphos) m (genitive κοσσῠ́φου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόσσῠφος ho kóssuphos |
τὼ κοσσῠ́φω tṑ kossúphō |
οἱ κόσσῠφοι hoi kóssuphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κοσσῠ́φου toû kossúphou |
τοῖν κοσσῠ́φοιν toîn kossúphoin |
τῶν κοσσῠ́φων tôn kossúphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κοσσῠ́φῳ tôi kossúphōi |
τοῖν κοσσῠ́φοιν toîn kossúphoin |
τοῖς κοσσῠ́φοις toîs kossúphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόσσῠφον tòn kóssuphon |
τὼ κοσσῠ́φω tṑ kossúphō |
τοὺς κοσσῠ́φους toùs kossúphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόσσῠφε kóssuphe |
κοσσῠ́φω kossúphō |
κόσσῠφοι kóssuphoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κότσυφος m (kótsyfos, “blackbird”)
- κοτσύφι n (kotsýfi, “blackbird”)
- Κοσσυφοπέδιο n (Kossyfopédio, “Kosovo”)
References
- κόσσυφος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κόσσυφος 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
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