κοάξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

κοάξ • (koáx)

1. croak, the sound made by a frog.
   • 405 BC, Aristophanes, The Frogs line 230.

     βρεκεκεκὲξ κοὰξ κοάξ.

     Brekekekex koax koax.

Related terms

• βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx)

References

• “κοάξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers