πανούκλα

Greek

Etymology

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

πανούκλα • (panoúkla) f (plural πανούκλες)

1. (medicine) plague
2. (veterinary, specifically) disease of pigs
3. (figuratively) plague (of locusts; of Nazis)
4. (figuratively) troublesome woman

Declension

Declension of πανούκλα

	singular	plural
nominative	πανούκλα •	πανούκλες •
genitive	πανούκλας •	πανουκλών •
accusative	πανούκλα •	πανούκλες •
vocative	πανούκλα •	πανούκλες •

Derived terms

• έξω κούκλα, μέσα πανούκλα (éxo koúkla, mésa panoúkla, “outside: a doll; inside: a plague”)

See also

• πανδημία f (pandimía, “pandemic”)

Further reading

• “πανούκλα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998