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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”) + -εῖον (-eîon).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔː.nɔː.pêː.on/ → /ko.noˈpi.on/ → /ko.noˈpi.on/
Noun
κωνωπεῖον • (kōnōpeîon) n (genitive κωνωπείου); second declension
- an Egyptian couch with mosquito netting
Declension
Descendants
References
Further reading
- κωνωπεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κωνωπεῖον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “κωνώπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press