Perhaps from ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + κακκάβη (kakkábē, “three-legged pot; partridge”), because of the shape of its fruits.
ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον • (halikákkabon) n (genitive ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον tò halikákkabon |
τὼ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω tṑ halikakkábō |
τᾰ̀ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ tà halikákkaba | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βου toû halikakkábou |
τοῖν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοιν toîn halikakkáboin |
τῶν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βων tôn halikakkábōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βῳ tôi halikakkábōi |
τοῖν ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοιν toîn halikakkáboin |
τοῖς ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βοις toîs halikakkábois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον tò halikákkabon |
τὼ ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω tṑ halikakkábō |
τᾰ̀ ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ tà halikákkaba | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον halikákkabon |
ἁλῐκᾰκκᾰ́βω halikakkábō |
ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβᾰ halikákkaba | ||||||||||
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