κάκκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κάκκη • (kákkē) m (genitive κάκκης); first declension

  1. dung, excrement
    • 556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, Collected Works :
      πολλὰ πιὼν καὶ πολλὰ φαγὼν, καὶ πολλὰ κάκ’ εἰπὼν ἀνθρώπους, κεῖμαι Τιμοκρέων Ῥόδιος.
      pollà piṑn kaì pollà phagṑn, kaì pollà kák’ eipṑn anthrṓpous, keîmai Timokréōn Rhódios.
      • 1917 translation by W. R. Paton
        Here I lie, Timocreon of Rhodes, after drinking much and eating much and speaking much ill of men.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ κάκκη; τῆς κάκκης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κάκκη
hē kákkē		 τὼ κάκκᾱ
tṑ kákkā		 αἱ κάκκαι
hai kákkai
Genitive τῆς κάκκης
tês kákkēs		 τοῖν κάκκαιν
toîn kákkain		 τῶν κακκῶν
tôn kakkôn
Dative τῇ κάκκῃ
têi kákkēi		 τοῖν κάκκαιν
toîn kákkain		 ταῖς κάκκαις
taîs kákkais
Accusative τὴν κάκκην
tḕn kákkēn		 τὼ κάκκᾱ
tṑ kákkā		 τᾱ̀ς κάκκᾱς
tā̀s kákkās
Vocative κάκκη
kákkē		 κάκκᾱ
kákkā		 κάκκαι
kákkai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Vulgar Latin: *caca,*cacca

References
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