According to Furnée, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the similarity with other plant names, such as ἀκακαλίς (akakalís, “daffodil”) and κάγκανον (kánkanon, “mercury”). Witczak prefers a Dardanic source. Compare also Dacian coicolida (“nightshade”), Lithuanian kankùlis (“corncockle”), kankalìjos (“bellflower”, f. pl.), Old Prussian kunklis (“corncockle”), as well as Proto-Slavic *kǫkoľь (“corncockle”), whence Slovene kokalj, Polish kąkol and Russian куколь (kukolʹ).[1]
κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ • (kakkalíā) f (genitive κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱς); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ hē kakkalíā |
τὼ κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kakkalíā |
αἱ κᾰκκᾰλῐ́αι hai kakkalíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱς tês kakkalíās |
τοῖν κᾰκκᾰλῐ́αιν toîn kakkalíain |
τῶν κᾰκκᾰλῐῶν tôn kakkaliôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾳ têi kakkalíāi |
τοῖν κᾰκκᾰλῐ́αιν toîn kakkalíain |
ταῖς κᾰκκᾰλῐ́αις taîs kakkalíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱν tḕn kakkalíān |
τὼ κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kakkalíā |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kakkalíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ kakkalíā |
κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ kakkalíā |
κᾰκκᾰλῐ́αι kakkalíai | ||||||||||
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