μικκός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /miːk.kós/ → /miˈkos/ → /miˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /miːk.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mikˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /miˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /miˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /miˈkos/

Adjective

μῑκκός • (mīkkós) m (feminine μῑκκᾱ́, neuter μικκόν); first/second declension

1. Doric and Boeotian form of μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small”)

Declension

First and second declension of μῑκκός; μῑκκᾱ́; μῑκκόν (Doric)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῑκκός mīkkós	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκόν mīkkón		μῑκκώ mīkkṓ	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκώ mīkkṓ		μῑκκοί mīkkoí	μῑκκαί mīkkaí	μῑκκᾰ́ mīkká
Genitive		μῑκκοῖο mīkkoîo	μῑκκᾶς mīkkâs	μῑκκοῖο mīkkoîo		μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn	μῑκκαῖν mīkkaîn	μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn		μῑκκῶν mīkkôn	μῑκκᾶν mīkkân	μῑκκῶν mīkkôn
Dative		μῑκκῷ mīkkôi	μῑκκᾷ mīkkâi	μῑκκῷ mīkkôi		μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn	μῑκκαῖν mīkkaîn	μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn		μῑκκοῖς mīkkoîs	μῑκκαῖς mīkkaîs	μῑκκοῖς mīkkoîs
Accusative		μῑκκόν mīkkón	μῑκκᾱ́ν mīkkā́n	μῑκκόν mīkkón		μῑκκώ mīkkṓ	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκώ mīkkṓ		μῑκκούς mīkkoús	μῑκκᾱ́ς mīkkā́s	μῑκκᾰ́ mīkká
Vocative		μῑκκέ mīkké	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκόν mīkkón		μῑκκώ mīkkṓ	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκώ mīkkṓ		μῑκκοί mīkkoí	μῑκκαί mīkkaí	μῑκκᾰ́ mīkká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μῑκκῶς mīkkôs				μῑκκότερος mīkkóteros				μῑκκότᾰτος mīkkótatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First and second declension of μῑκκός; μῑκκᾱ́; μῑκκόν (Boeotian)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῑκκός mīkkós	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκόν mīkkón		μῑκκώ mīkkṓ	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκώ mīkkṓ		μῑκκοί mīkkoí	μῑκκαί mīkkaí	μῑκκᾰ́ mīkká
Genitive		μῑκκοῦ mīkkoû	μῑκκᾶς mīkkâs	μῑκκοῦ mīkkoû		μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn	μῑκκαῖν mīkkaîn	μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn		μῑκκῶν mīkkôn	μῑκκᾱ́ων mīkkā́ōn	μῑκκῶν mīkkôn
Dative		μῑκκοῖ mīkkoî	μῑκκή mīkkḗ	μῑκκοῖ mīkkoî		μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn	μῑκκαῖν mīkkaîn	μῑκκοῖν mīkkoîn		μῑκκοῖς mīkkoîs	μῑκκαῖς mīkkaîs	μῑκκοῖς mīkkoîs
Accusative		μῑκκόν mīkkón	μῑκκᾱ́ν mīkkā́n	μῑκκόν mīkkón		μῑκκώ mīkkṓ	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκώ mīkkṓ		μῑκκούς mīkkoús	μῑκκᾱ́ς mīkkā́s	μῑκκᾰ́ mīkká
Vocative		μῑκκέ mīkké	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκόν mīkkón		μῑκκώ mīkkṓ	μῑκκᾱ́ mīkkā́	μῑκκώ mīkkṓ		μῑκκοί mīkkoí	μῑκκαί mīkkaí	μῑκκᾰ́ mīkká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μῑκκῶς mīkkôs				μῑκκότερος mīkkóteros				μῑκκότᾰτος mīkkótatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Vulgar Latin: *mīccus
  • Aromanian: njic
  • Megleno-Romanian: mic
  • Romanian: mic
  • Sicilian: nicu

Further reading

• μικκός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μικκός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “μικκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press