ἁλικάκκαβον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἁλικάκαβον (halikákabon), ἁλικάκκαβα (halikákkaba), ἁλικάκκαβος (halikákkabos)
Etymology
Perhaps from ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + κακκάβη (kakkábē, “three-legged pot; partridge”), because of the shape of its fruits.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ha.li.kák.ka.bon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)a.liˈkak.ka.bon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.liˈka.ka.βon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.liˈka.ka.von/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.liˈka.ka.von/
Noun
ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον • (halikákkabon) n (genitive ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βου); second declension
- winter cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)
- Synonym: κῠ́στῐον (kústion)
- ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον tò halikákkabon |
τὼ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω tṑ halikakkábō |
τᾰ̀ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ tà halikákkaba | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βου toû halikakkábou |
τοῖν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοιν toîn halikakkáboin |
τῶν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βων tôn halikakkábōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βῳ tôi halikakkábōi |
τοῖν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοιν toîn halikakkáboin |
τοῖς ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοις toîs halikakkábois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον tò halikákkabon |
τὼ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω tṑ halikakkábō |
τᾰ̀ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ tà halikákkaba | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον halikákkabon |
ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω halikakkábō |
ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ halikákkaba | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἁλικάκκαβον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἁλικάκκαβον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁλικάκκαβον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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
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