Νεφελοκοκκυγία

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 4 January 2013

Etymology

From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyː.ɡí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nɛ.pʰɛ.lo.kok.kyˈɡi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.ɸe.lo.kok.kyˈɣi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.fe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/

Proper noun

Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ • (Nephelokokkūgíā) f (genitive Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς); first declension

cloud-cuckoo-land
- 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 819:
  Πισθέταιρος: βούλει Νεφελοκοκκυγίαν?
  Ἔποψ: ἰοὺ ἰού: καλόν γ᾽ ἀτεχνῶς σὺ καὶ μέγ᾽ ηὗρες τοὔνομα!
  Ἐυελπίδης: ἆρ᾽ ἐστὶν αὑτηγὶ Νεφελοκοκκυγία, ἵνα καὶ τὰ Θεογένους τὰ πολλὰ χρήματα τά τ᾽ Αἰσχίνου γ᾽ ἅπαντα?
  Pisthétairos: boúlei Nephelokokkugían?
  Épops: ioù ioú: kalón g᾽ atekhnôs sù kaì még᾽ hēûres toúnoma!
  Euelpídēs: âr᾽ estìn hautēgì Nephelokokkugía, hína kaì tà Theogénous tà pollà khrḗmata tá t᾽ Aiskhínou g᾽ hápanta?
  Translation by Ian Johnston
  Pisthetairos: Well, then, how do you like this: Cloudcuckooland?
  Chorus leader: Yes! That’s good! You’ve come up with a name that’s really wonderful—it’s great!
  Euelpides: Hang on, is this Cloudcuckooland the very spot where Theogenes keeps lots of money, and Aeschines hides all his assets?

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ hē Nephelokokkūgíā
Genitive	τῆς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς tês Nephelokokkūgíās
Dative	τῇ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾳ têi Nephelokokkūgíāi
Accusative	τὴν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱν tḕn Nephelokokkūgíān
Vocative	Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ Nephelokokkūgíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐεύς (Nephelokokkūgieús)

References

Νεφελοκοκκυγία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Νεφελοκοκκυγία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Proper noun

Νεφελοκοκκυγία • (Nefelokokkygía) f

cloud-cuckoo-land, a utopia, imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people.

Declension

Declension of Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nefelokokkygía)

	singular
nominative	Νεφελοκοκκυγία •
genitive	Νεφελοκοκκυγίας •
accusative	Νεφελοκοκκυγία •
vocative	Νεφελοκοκκυγία •

See also

Όρνιθες (κωμωδία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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