κοκκύγινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κοκκῡγέα (kokkūgéa, “fustic”) +‎ -ῐνος (-inos), because of the purple-colored leaves of this plant. Perhaps influenced by κόκκινος (kókkinos, “scarlet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kok.ky̌ː.ɡi.nos/ → /koˈcy.ʝi.nos/ → /koˈci.ʝi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kok.ky̌ː.ɡi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kokˈky.ɡi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈcy.ʝi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈcy.ʝi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈci.ʝi.nos/

Adjective

κοκκῡ́γῐνος • (kokkū́ginos) m (feminine κοκκῡγῐ́νη, neuter κοκκῡ́γῐνον); first/second declension

1. purple-red

Inflection

First and second declension of κοκκῡ́γῐνος; κοκκῡγῐ́νη; κοκκῡ́γῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κοκκῡ́γῐνος kokkū́ginos	κοκκῡγῐ́νη kokkūgínē	κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon		κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō	κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgínā	κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō		κοκκῡ́γῐνοι kokkū́ginoi	κοκκῡ́γῐναι kokkū́ginai	κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gina
Genitive		κοκκῡγῐ́νου kokkūgínou	κοκκῡγῐ́νης kokkūgínēs	κοκκῡγῐ́νου kokkūgínou		κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin	κοκκῡγῐ́ναιν kokkūgínain	κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin		κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgínōn	κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgínōn	κοκκῡγῐ́νων kokkūgínōn
Dative		κοκκῡγῐ́νῳ kokkūgínōi	κοκκῡγῐ́νῃ kokkūgínēi	κοκκῡγῐ́νῳ kokkūgínōi		κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin	κοκκῡγῐ́ναιν kokkūgínain	κοκκῡγῐ́νοιν kokkūgínoin		κοκκῡγῐ́νοις kokkūgínois	κοκκῡγῐ́ναις kokkūgínais	κοκκῡγῐ́νοις kokkūgínois
Accusative		κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon	κοκκῡγῐ́νην kokkūgínēn	κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon		κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō	κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgínā	κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō		κοκκῡγῐ́νους kokkūgínous	κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱς kokkūgínās	κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gina
Vocative		κοκκῡ́γῐνε kokkū́gine	κοκκῡγῐ́νη kokkūgínē	κοκκῡ́γῐνον kokkū́ginon		κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō	κοκκῡγῐ́νᾱ kokkūgínā	κοκκῡγῐ́νω kokkūgínō		κοκκῡ́γῐνοι kokkū́ginoi	κοκκῡ́γῐναι kokkū́ginai	κοκκῡ́γῐνᾰ kokkū́gina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κοκκῡγῐ́νως kokkūgínōs				κοκκῡγῐνώτερος kokkūginṓteros				κοκκῡγῐνώτᾰτος kokkūginṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κοκκύγινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press