μήκων

See also: μηκών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μᾱ́κων (mā́kōn) — Doric

Etymology

The formation is like βλήκων (blḗkōn). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *makъ, (Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ)) and German Mohn; from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.kɔːn/ → /ˈmi.kon/ → /ˈmi.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛ̌ː.kɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme̝.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kon/

Noun

μήκων • (mḗkōn) f (genitive μήκωνος); third declension

1. opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
2. single poppyseed
3. (architecture) poppyhead
4. (zoology) quasi-liver of testaceans
5. (zoology) ink sac of the cuttlefish
6. a metallic sand
7. (anatomy) the part of the ear at the root under the lobe

Declension

Third declension of ἡ μήκων; τῆς μήκωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μήκων hē mḗkōn	τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne	αἱ μήκωνες hai mḗkōnes
Genitive	τῆς μήκωνος tês mḗkōnos	τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin	τῶν μηκώνων tôn mēkṓnōn
Dative	τῇ μήκωνῐ têi mḗkōni	τοῖν μηκώνοιν toîn mēkṓnoin	ταῖς μήκωσῐ / μήκωσῐν taîs mḗkōsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μήκωνᾰ tḕn mḗkōna	τὼ μήκωνε tṑ mḗkōne	τᾱ̀ς μήκωνᾰς tā̀s mḗkōnas
Vocative	μήκων mḗkōn	μήκωνε mḗkōne	μήκωνες mḗkōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μηκωνάριον (mēkōnárion)
• μηκώνειος (mēkṓneios)
• μηκώνικος (mēkṓnikos)
• μηκώνιον (mēkṓnion)
• μηκωνίς (mēkōnís)
• μηκωνῖτις (mēkōnîtis)
• μηκωνοειδής (mēkōnoeidḗs)
• μηκωνοφόρος (mēkōnophóros)

Descendants

• Greek: μήκων (míkon)
• English: mecon
• Translingual: Arctomecon, Dendromecon, Eomecon, Hylomecon, Meconella, Meconopsis, Stylomecon

Further reading

• “μήκων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μήκων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn). Cognate with German Mohn.

Noun

μήκων • (míkon) m or f (plural μήκωνες)

1. poppy, papaver

   H Μήκων η υπνοφόρος είναι είδος παπαρούνας από το οποίο παρασκευάζεται το όπιο.

   H Míkon i ypnofóros eínai eídos paparoúnas apó to opoío paraskevázetai to ópio.

   The Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is a type of Papaver from which opium is produced.

   Synonym: παπαρούνα (paparoúna)

Declension

Declension of μήκων

	singular	plural
nominative	μήκων •	μήκωνες •
genitive	μήκωνος •	μηκώνων •
accusative	μήκωνα •	μήκωνας •
vocative	μήκων •	μήκωνες •

Derived terms

• Μήκων η υπνοφόρος f (Míkon i ypnofóros, “opium poppy”)
• μηκωνέλαιο n (mikonélaio, “oil extracted from the opium poppy”)
• μηκώνιο m or n (mikónio, “juice extracted from the opium poppy”)

See also

• όπιο n (ópio, “opium”)