κερκοπίθηκος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ker.ko.pí.tʰɛː.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ker.koˈpi.tʰe̝.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cer.koˈpi.θi.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cer.koˈpi.θi.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /cer.koˈpi.θi.kos/
Noun
[edit]κερκοπῐ́θηκος • (kerkopíthēkos) m (genitive κερκοπῐθήκου); second declension
- kind of longtailed ape
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κερκοπῐ́θηκος ho kerkopíthēkos |
τὼ κερκοπῐθήκω tṑ kerkopithḗkō |
οἱ κερκοπῐ́θηκοι hoi kerkopíthēkoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κερκοπῐθήκου toû kerkopithḗkou |
τοῖν κερκοπῐθήκοιν toîn kerkopithḗkoin |
τῶν κερκοπῐθήκων tôn kerkopithḗkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κερκοπῐθήκῳ tôi kerkopithḗkōi |
τοῖν κερκοπῐθήκοιν toîn kerkopithḗkoin |
τοῖς κερκοπῐθήκοις toîs kerkopithḗkois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κερκοπῐ́θηκον tòn kerkopíthēkon |
τὼ κερκοπῐθήκω tṑ kerkopithḗkō |
τοὺς κερκοπῐθήκους toùs kerkopithḗkous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κερκοπῐ́θηκε kerkopíthēke |
κερκοπῐθήκω kerkopithḗkō |
κερκοπῐ́θηκοι kerkopíthēkoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Translingual: Cercopithecus
- → Italian: cercopiteco
Further reading
[edit]- “κερκοπίθηκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κερκοπίθηκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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