κάκκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kák.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkak.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.ci/
Noun
κάκκη • (kákkē) f (genitive κάκκης); first declension
- dung, excrement
- 556 BCE – 468 BCE, Simonides, Fragmenta :
- πολλὰ πιὼν καὶ πολλὰ φαγὼν, καὶ πολλὰ κάκ’ εἰπὼν ἀνθρώπους, κεῖμαι Τιμοκρέων Ῥόδιος.
- pollà piṑn kaì pollà phagṑn, kaì pollà kák’ eipṑn anthrṓpous, keîmai Timokréōn Rhódios.
- 1917 translation by W. R. Paton
- Here I lie, Timocreon of Rhodes, after drinking much and eating much and speaking much ill of men.
- πολλὰ πιὼν καὶ πολλὰ φαγὼν, καὶ πολλὰ κάκ’ εἰπὼν ἀνθρώπους, κεῖμαι Τιμοκρέων Ῥόδιος.
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κάκκη hē kákkē |
τὼ κάκκᾱ tṑ kákkā |
αἱ κάκκαι hai kákkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κάκκης tês kákkēs |
τοῖν κάκκαιν toîn kákkain |
τῶν κακκῶν tôn kakkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κάκκῃ têi kákkēi |
τοῖν κάκκαιν toîn kákkain |
ταῖς κάκκαις taîs kákkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κάκκην tḕn kákkēn |
τὼ κάκκᾱ tṑ kákkā |
τᾱ̀ς κάκκᾱς tā̀s kákkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κάκκη kákkē |
κάκκᾱ kákkā |
κάκκαι kákkai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: [Term?], *caca,*cacca
- Italian: cacca