πανούκλα
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin panicula (“swelling, tumour”).
The figurative sense "troublesome woman" has been extracted from the phrase έξω κούκλα, μέσα πανούκλα (éxo koúkla, mésa panoúkla).
Noun[edit]
πανούκλα • (panoúkla) f (plural πανούκλες)
- (medicine) plague
- (veterinary, specifically) disease of pigs
- (figuratively) plague (of locusts; of Nazis)
- (figuratively) troublesome woman
Declension[edit]
Declension of πανούκλα
Derived terms[edit]
- έξω κούκλα, μέσα πανούκλα (éxo koúkla, mésa panoúkla, “outside: a doll; inside: a plague”)
See also[edit]
- πανδημία f (pandimía, “pandemic”)
Further reading[edit]
- “πανούκλα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
- πανούκλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el