κόϊξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κόϊς (kóïs) Doric

Etymology

Possibly related to σκοίκιον (skoíkion, vessel, receptacle), in which case it is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόϊξ (kóïx) m (genitive κόϊκος); third declension

  1. doum palm, Hyphaene thebaica
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.10.5
  2. basket made from palm leaves

Inflection

doum palm
  • κοΐκινος (koḯkinos)

Descendants

References

  • κόϊξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 731-732
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