κόττος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- κόττα (kótta)
Etymology
[edit]Of unclear origin:
- Beekes derives the word from κοττῐ́ς (kottís, “hairdress with long hair on the forehead”), as the crests of chickens resemble such hairstyles.[1]
- Masica considers the word as a Dravidian borrowing, and suggests either Old Tamil 𑀓𑁄𑀵𑀺 (kōḻi) or Old Telugu కోడి (kōḍi) as the source.[2] As chickens were first domesticated in Southeast Asia and potentially passed through South Asia before arriving in Western Eurasia, this is plausible; however, the word for "chicken" in other Mediterranean languages used for sea trade (including presumably Phoenician and Etruscan) does not resemble that of the Greek or Dravidian forms, casting doubt on the theory.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kót.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkot.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkot.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkot.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.tos/
Noun
[edit]κόττος • (kóttos) n (indeclinable)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κόττος tò kóttos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόττος toû kóttos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόττος tôi kóttos | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κόττος tò kóttos | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κόττος kóttos | ||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κοττίς, -ίδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 762
- ^ Masica, Colin, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India, p.125
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- Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Dravidian languages
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Dravidian languages
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Old Tamil
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Tamil
- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Old Telugu
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Telugu
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek indeclinable nouns
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- grc:Fowls
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