κόκκυ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cuckoo]]! the bird's [[cry]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>505</span>; as an [[exclamation]], [[now]]! [[quick]]! ([[ταχύ]] Suid.), κόκκυ, [[πεδίονδε]] ib.<span class="bibl">507</span>; κόκκυ, [[μεθεῖτε]] = [[quick]]—[[let]] [[go]], Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1384; [[οὐδὲ κόκκυ]] = [[οὐδὲ βραχύ]], <span class="title">AB</span>105. (Onomatop.)</span>

|lstext='''κόκκῡ''': [[κυρίως]] ἡ κραυγὴ τοῦ κόκκυγος (κοινῶς «κούκκου»)· ― ἀλλ’ ἐν χρήσει μόνον ὡς [[ἐπιφώνημα]], = ἐμπρός, γρήγορα ! (ταχὺ Σουΐδ.), [[κόκκυ]], [[πεδίονδε]] Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 507· [[κόκκυ]], μεθεῖτε, ἐμπρὸςἄφετε, Βάτρ. 1384· «οὐδὲ [[κόκκυ]], ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐδὲ βραχὺ» Α. Β. 105, 22. (Ὀνοματ., πρβλ. κοΐ, [[κοάξ]]· [[ἐντεῦθεν]] [[κόκκυξ]], [[κοκκύζω]]· Σανσκρ. kôkilas, Λατ. cuculus· Ἀρχ. Γερ. gauh (Σκωτικ. gouh), Γερμ. kukuk, Λιθ. kukúti (κοκκύζειν), κτλ.)

|etymtx=Grammatical information: interj.<br />Meaning: cry of the cuckoo; also as cry in gen. (Ar.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">κοκκυ-βόας ὄρνις</b> name of the cock (S. Fr. 791; codd. Eust. <b class="b3">κοκκο-</b> after the <b class="b3">ο-</b>stems; correct?).<br />Derivatives: [[κοκκύζω]] of the call of the cuckoo and of the cock (Hes.; cf. Fraenkel Glotta 4, 34) with [[κοκκυσμός]] [[shrill cry]] (Nicom. Math.), [[κοκκυστής]] [[cry-er]] (Timo); [[κόκκυξ]], <b class="b3">-υγος</b> m. [[cuckoo]] (Hes., <b class="b3">-υγος</b> nom. Alc.), also metaph., a. o. as name of a fish (Hp., Arist.), a fig (Nic.); s. Strömberg Fischnamen 116, resp. Pflanzennamen 73. From [[κόκκυξ]]: [[Κοκκύγιον]] name of a mountain (Paus.); <b class="b3">κοκκυγία ἀνεμώνη</b>. [[Κροτωνιᾶται]] H. ("cuckooflower"; Strömberg l. c.); [[κοκκυγέα]] a tree, [[Rhus cotinus]] (Plin.; coni. in Thphr. HP 3, 16, 6). With labial the PN [[Κόκκυψ]], [[Κοκκουβίας]] (Boeoot.; cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 262f.). Here also <b class="b3">κόκκυς λόφος</b> (i. e. [[cocks comb]]) H.? (non-IE. after Alessio Studi etr. 18, 125 and Hubschmid 3me Congr. intern. de topon. 2, 186f..<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably], ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: On [[κοκκύμηλον]] s. v. Prob. dissim. from [[kuku]] (Schwyzer 258 a. 423). Onomatopoetic like Skt. <b class="b2">kokilá-</b> [[cucko]], <b class="b2">kukkuṭá-</b> [[cock]], Lat. [[cucūlus]], NHG [[Kuckuck]] etc.; Pok. 627, W.-Hofmann s. [[cucūlus]]. On [[κόκκυξ]] Thompson Birds s. v. The word could well be Pre-Greek.