κοτυληδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.ty.lɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /ko.ty.liˈðon/ → /ko.ti.liˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.lɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.le̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.liˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.ty.liˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.ti.liˈðon/

Noun

κοτῠληδών • (kotulēdṓn) f (genitive κοτῠληδόνος); third declension

1. any cup shaped hollow or cavity
2. hollow of a cup
3. (anatomy) socket of the hip joint
4. navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris)
5. (in the plural) suckers on the arms of the octopus
6. (in the plural) cotyledons, foetal and uterine vascolar connections

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κοτῠληδών; τῆς κοτῠληδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοτῠληδών hē kotulēdṓn	τὼ κοτῠληδόνε tṑ kotulēdóne	αἱ κοτῠληδόνες hai kotulēdónes
Genitive	τῆς κοτῠληδόνος tês kotulēdónos	τοῖν κοτῠληδόνοιν toîn kotulēdónoin	τῶν κοτῠληδόνων tôn kotulēdónōn
Dative	τῇ κοτῠληδόνῐ têi kotulēdóni	τοῖν κοτῠληδόνοιν toîn kotulēdónoin	ταῖς κοτῠληδόσῐ / κοτῠληδόσῐν taîs kotulēdósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κοτῠληδόνᾰ tḕn kotulēdóna	τὼ κοτῠληδόνε tṑ kotulēdóne	τᾱ̀ς κοτῠληδόνᾰς tā̀s kotulēdónas
Vocative	κοτῠληδών kotulēdṓn	κοτῠληδόνε kotulēdóne	κοτῠληδόνες kotulēdónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κοτυληδονώδης (kotulēdonṓdēs)

Descendants

• → English: cotyledon
• → Italian: cotiledone
• → Translingual: Cotyledon

References

• “κοτυληδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κοτυληδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κοτυληδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette