ἀγγούριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ángouron, cucumber) + -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓γγούρῐον • (angoúrion) n (genitive ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. (botany) Diminutive of ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ángouron, cucumber)
    Synonyms: σῐκῠός (sikuós), σῐ́κῠος (síkuos), σῐ́κυς (síkus)

Inflection

  • ᾰ̓γγουρέᾱ f (angouréā)
  • ᾰ̓γγουρόσπορος m (angourósporos, seed of cucumber)

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: ἀγγούριν (angoúrin)
  • Belarusian: агуро́к (ahurók)
  • Czech: okurka
  • Hungarian: uborka
  • Italian: anguria
  • Kashubian: gùrka
  • Old Polish: ogurek
  • Russian: огуре́ц (oguréc)
    • Khakas: ӱгурсӱ (ügursü)
    • Yakut: огурсу (ogursu)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: у̀горак
    • Latin script: ùgorak
  • Slovak: uhorka
  • Ukrainian: огіро́к (ohirók)
  • Arabic: عَجُّور (ʕajjūr) (semantic loan)

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