κονίλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like ζωμίλη (zōmílē) and μαρίλη (marílē); further unclear. Furnée compares γονώνη (gonṓnē, “oregano”), and perhaps γονής (gonḗs, “narcissus”), with variation γ/κ. The suffix -ῑ́λη is typical of Pre-Greek words.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.nǐː.lɛː/ → /koˈni.li/ → /koˈni.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.nǐː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈni.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈni.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈni.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈni.li/

Noun

κονῑ́λη • (konī́lē) f (genitive κονῑ́λης); first declension

1. marjoram (Origanum majorana)

   Synonyms: ἀμάρακον (amárakon), σάμψουχον (sámpsoukhon)

2. oregano (Origanum vulgare)

   Synonym: ὀρίγανον (oríganon)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κονῑ́λη; τῆς κονῑ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κονῑ́λη hē konī́lē	τὼ κονῑ́λᾱ tṑ konī́lā	αἱ κονῖλαι hai konîlai
Genitive	τῆς κονῑ́λης tês konī́lēs	τοῖν κονῑ́λαιν toîn konī́lain	τῶν κονῑλῶν tôn konīlôn
Dative	τῇ κονῑ́λῃ têi konī́lēi	τοῖν κονῑ́λαιν toîn konī́lain	ταῖς κονῑ́λαις taîs konī́lais
Accusative	τὴν κονῑ́λην tḕn konī́lēn	τὼ κονῑ́λᾱ tṑ konī́lā	τᾱ̀ς κονῑ́λᾱς tā̀s konī́lās
Vocative	κονῑ́λη konī́lē	κονῑ́λᾱ konī́lā	κονῖλαι konîlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cunēla
• → Translingual: Cunila

Further reading

• “κονίλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κονίλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κονίλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 746