κολοκυνθίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολοκύνθη (kolokúnthē, “pumpkin”) +‎ -ίς (-ís, suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.lo.kyn.tʰís/ → /ko.lo.cynˈθis/ → /ko.lo.cinˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.kyn.tʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.kynˈtʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.cynˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.cynˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.cinˈθis/

Noun

κολοκυνθίς • (kolokunthís) f (genitive κολοκυνθίδος); third declension

1. (botany) wild gourd, colocynth

Derived terms

• ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis, “gourdification”)

Descendants

• Latin: colocynthis
  • English: colocynth
  • French: coloquinte
  • Spanish: coloquíntida
  • Catalan: coloquinta