νικύλεον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Neumann, from Pre-Greek.[1] He connects it with the Linear B sign 𐀛 (ni), which looks like the branch of a fig-tree. In a later article, he further connects Egyptian nḳꜤ.wt (“figs”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ni.ký.le.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /niˈky.le.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /niˈcy.le.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /niˈcy.le.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /niˈci.le.on/
Noun
[edit]νικύλεον • (nikúleon) n (genitive νικυλέου); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ νικύλεον tò nikúleon |
τὼ νικυλέω tṑ nikuléō |
τᾰ̀ νικύλεᾰ tà nikúlea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νικυλέου toû nikuléou |
τοῖν νικυλέοιν toîn nikuléoin |
τῶν νικυλέων tôn nikuléōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νικυλέῳ tôi nikuléōi |
τοῖν νικυλέοιν toîn nikuléoin |
τοῖς νικυλέοις toîs nikuléois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ νικύλεον tò nikúleon |
τὼ νικυλέω tṑ nikuléō |
τᾰ̀ νικύλεᾰ tà nikúlea | ||||||||||
Vocative | νικύλεον nikúleon |
νικυλέω nikuléō |
νικύλεᾰ nikúlea | ||||||||||
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See also
[edit]- σῦκον (sûkon)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- νικύλεον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- “νικύλεον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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