προκόμιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-) +‎ κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.kó.mi.on/ → /proˈko.mi.on/ → /proˈko.mi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.kó.mi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈko.mi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈko.mi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈko.mi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈko.mi.on/

Noun

προκόμῐον • (prokómion) n (genitive προκομῐ́ου); second declension

1. forelock (of men and horses)
2. false hair, false front

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ προκόμῐον; τοῦ προκομῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ προκόμῐον tò prokómion	τὼ προκομῐ́ω tṑ prokomíō	τᾰ̀ προκόμῐᾰ tà prokómia
Genitive	τοῦ προκομῐ́ου toû prokomíou	τοῖν προκομῐ́οιν toîn prokomíoin	τῶν προκομῐ́ων tôn prokomíōn
Dative	τῷ προκομῐ́ῳ tôi prokomíōi	τοῖν προκομῐ́οιν toîn prokomíoin	τοῖς προκομῐ́οις toîs prokomíois
Accusative	τὸ προκόμῐον tò prokómion	τὼ προκομῐ́ω tṑ prokomíō	τᾰ̀ προκόμῐᾰ tà prokómia
Vocative	προκόμῐον prokómion	προκομῐ́ω prokomíō	προκόμῐᾰ prokómia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “προκόμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• προκόμιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette