κολοκυνθίς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολοκύνθη (kolokúnthē, “pumpkin”) +‎ -ίς (-ís, suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.kyn.tʰís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.kynˈtʰis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.cynˈθis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.cynˈθis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.cinˈθis/

Noun

κολοκυνθίς • (kolokunthís) f (genitive κολοκυνθίδος); third declension

(botany) wild gourd, colocynth

Derived terms

ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis, “gourdification”)

Descendants

Latin: colocynthis
- English: colocynth
- French: coloquinte
- Spanish: coloquíntida
- Catalan: coloquinta

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