κόφινος

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; possibly Semitic or Hurrian. Compare κόφος (kóphos, basket-load) and Arabic قُفَّة (quffa, large wicker-basket) and Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz, a dry measure) for a picture of the frequency of container names with guttural onset leading over an open vowel to a labial plosive or fricative.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

κόφῐνος (kóphinosm (genitive κοφῐ́νου); second declension

  1. basket

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כפוני (basket)
  • Latin: cophinus (see there for further descendants)

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