κοττίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοτίς (kotís)

Etymology

Connection with κοτύλη (kotúlē, “bowl, dish”) is a mere guess. Furnée connects this word with σκύτη (skútē, “head”); the geminate is not expressive, but rather points to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kot.tís/ → /kotˈtis/ → /koˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kot.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kotˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kotˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kotˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈtis/

Noun

κοττῐ́ς • (kottís) f (genitive κοττῐ́δος); third declension

1. Doric form of κεφαλή (kephalḗ)
2. hairstyle with long hair on the forehead

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κοττῐ́ς; τῆς κοττῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοττῐ́ς hē kottís	τὼ κοττῐ́δε tṑ kottíde	αἱ κοττῐ́δες hai kottídes
Genitive	τῆς κοττῐ́δος tês kottídos	τοῖν κοττῐ́δοιν toîn kottídoin	τῶν κοττῐ́δων tôn kottídōn
Dative	τῇ κοττῐ́δῐ têi kottídi	τοῖν κοττῐ́δοιν toîn kottídoin	ταῖς κοττῐ́σῐ / κοττῐ́σῐν taîs kottísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κοττῐ́δᾰ tḕn kottída	τὼ κοττῐ́δε tṑ kottíde	τᾱ̀ς κοττῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kottídas
Vocative	κοττῐ́ς kottís	κοττῐ́δε kottíde	κοττῐ́δες kottídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• προκόττα (prokótta)

Further reading

• “κοττίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κοττίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette