ἀγγούριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ángouron, “cucumber”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡǔː.ri.on/ → /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/ → /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡǔː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡu.ri.on/

Noun

ᾰ̓γγούρῐον • (angoúrion) n (genitive ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου); second declension

1. (botany) diminutive of ᾰ̓́γγουρον (ángouron, “cucumber”)

   Synonyms: σῐκῠός (sikuós), σῐ́κῠος (síkuos), σῐ́κυς (síkus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον; τοῦ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον tò angoúrion	τὼ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω tṑ angouríō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ tà angoúria
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ου toû angouríou	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οιν toîn angouríoin	τῶν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ων tôn angouríōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ῳ tôi angouríōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οιν toîn angouríoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́οις toîs angouríois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓γγούρῐον tò angoúrion	τὼ ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω tṑ angouríō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ tà angoúria
Vocative	ᾰ̓γγούρῐον angoúrion	ᾰ̓γγουρῐ́ω angouríō	ᾰ̓γγούρῐᾰ angoúria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ᾰ̓γγουρέᾱ f (angouréā)
• ᾰ̓γγουρόσπορος m (angourósporos, “seed of cucumber”)

 

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: ἀγγούριν (angoúrin)
  • Greek: αγγούρι (angoúri)
• → Belarusian: агуро́к (ahurók)
• → Czech: okurka
• → Hungarian: uborka
• → Italian: anguria
• → Old Polish: ogurek
  • Polish: ogórek
    • → Yiddish: אוגערקע (ugerke)
  • → German: Gurke
    • → Estonian: kurk
    • → Swedish: gurka
      • → Finnish: kurkku
  • → Middle Low German: augurke
    • → Danish: agurk
      • → Greenlandic: agurki
    • → Dutch: augurk
      • ⇒ Dutch: gurken
        • → English: gherkin
    • → Icelandic: agúrka, gúrka
    • → Norwegian: agurk
    • → Lithuanian: agurkas
    • → Latvian: augurķis, agurķe, agurķis, gurķe, gurķis
  • → Lower Sorbian: górka
  • → Upper Sorbian: kórka
• → Russian: огуре́ц (oguréc)
  • → Khakas: ӱгурсӱ (ügursü)
  • → Yakut: огурсу (ogursu)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: у̀горак
  • Latin script: ùgorak
• → Slovak: uhorka
• → Ukrainian: огіро́к (ohirók)
• → Arabic: عَجُّور (ʕajjūr) (semantic loan)

Further reading

• ἀγγούριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)