κηκίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾱκίς (kākís) — Doric

Etymology

Formation like βαλβίς (balbís), κηλίς (kēlís), κνημίς (knēmís) and κρηπίς (krēpís). Traditionally compared with Lithuanian šókti (“to jump, dance”), as if from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂k-. The gloss καγκύλας (kankúlas, “oak-galls”) is compared with Lithuanian šankùs (“nimble”), but this cannot be connected here if the root was *ḱeh₂k-. At any rate the connection with the Lithuanian word must be abandoned, and the word is Pre-Greek, because of the prenasalization in καγκύλας (kankúlas).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.kís/ → /ciˈcis/ → /ciˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.kís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈkis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈcis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈcis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈcis/

Noun

κηκῐ́ς • (kēkĭ́s) f (genitive κηκῖδος); third declension

1. anything gushing or bubbling forth
2. ooze, of fat or juices drawn forth by fire
3. oak gall and the dye made therefrom

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κηκῐ́ς; τῆς κηκῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κηκῐ́ς hē kēkĭ́s	τὼ κηκῖδε tṑ kēkîde	αἱ κηκῖδες hai kēkîdes
Genitive	τῆς κηκῖδος tês kēkîdos	τοῖν κηκῑ́δοιν toîn kēkī́doin	τῶν κηκῑ́δων tôn kēkī́dōn
Dative	τῇ κηκῖδῐ têi kēkîdĭ	τοῖν κηκῑ́δοιν toîn kēkī́doin	ταῖς κηκῖσῐ / κηκῖσῐν taîs kēkîsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κηκῖδᾰ tḕn kēkîdă	τὼ κηκῖδε tṑ kēkîde	τᾱ̀ς κηκῖδᾰς tā̀s kēkîdăs
Vocative	κηκῐ́ς kēkĭ́s	κηκῖδε kēkîde	κηκῖδες kēkîdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• κηκίδιον (kēkídion)
• κηκιδοφόρος (kēkidophóros)
• κηκίω (kēkíō)

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܩܝܩܐܣ (qīqās), ܩܝܩܘܣ (qīqōs), ܩܝܩܝܣ (qīqīs), ܩܝܩܣ (qīqVs)
  • → Arabic: قُوقَا (qūqā)

Further reading

• “κηκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κηκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κηκίς 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