Κώκαλος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the vowel lengthening of κόκκᾰλος (kókkălos), a diminutive of κόκκος (kókkos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɔ̌ː.ka.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.ka.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ka.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ka.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.ka.los/
Proper noun
Κώκαλος • (Kṓkalos) m (genitive Κώκαλου); second declension
- Legendary Sican king, ruler of Camicus, whose myth tells that he was protecting Daedalus intent on hiding from the Cretan ruler Minos; this latter will find a violent death in Sicania (present-day Sicily).
Inflection
Coordinate terms
- Μῑ́νως (Mī́nōs)
Related terms
- Κάμικος (Kámikos) and Καμικός (Kamikós)
- Καμίκιοι (Kamíkioi)
- Κάμειρος (Kámeiros)
- Καμάρινα (Kamárina)
- Κασμέναι (Kasménai)
- Ὕβλα (Húbla)