κῶνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóh₃nos, from the root *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), like Sanskrit शाण (śāṇa, “whetstone”), Latin cōs (“whetstone”) and Latin catus (“clever, sharp”). Schwyzer, however, considered foreign origin; this is confirmed by the variant adduced by Furnée, who suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̂ː.nos/ → /ˈko.nos/ → /ˈko.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̂ː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nos/

Noun

κῶνος • (kônos) m or f (genitive κώνου); second declension

1. (masculine) pine cone

   Synonym: στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos)

2. edible seed of the πίτυς (pítus)
3. (feminine) pine tree
4. cone or peak of a helmet
5. (geometry) cone
6. iron pole round which grain is piled in conical shape

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κῶνος; τοῦ, τῆς κώνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ κῶνος ho, hē kônos	τὼ κώνω tṑ kṓnō	οἱ, αἱ κῶνοι hoi, hai kônoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς κώνου toû, tês kṓnou	τοῖν κώνοιν toîn kṓnoin	τῶν κώνων tôn kṓnōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ κώνῳ tôi, têi kṓnōi	τοῖν κώνοιν toîn kṓnoin	τοῖς, ταῖς κώνοις toîs, taîs kṓnois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν κῶνον tòn, tḕn kônon	τὼ κώνω tṑ kṓnō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κώνους toùs, tā̀s kṓnous
Vocative	κῶνε kône	κώνω kṓnō	κῶνοι kônoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κωνᾰ́ρῐον (kōnárion)
• κωνᾰ́ω (kōnáō)
• κώνησῐς (kṓnēsis)
• κωνητῐκός (kōnētikós)
• κωνῐ́ᾱς (kōníās)
• κωνῐκός (kōnikós)
• κωνῐ́ον (kōníon)
• κωνῐ́ς (kōnís)
• κωνῖτῐς (kōnîtis)
• κωνοειδής (kōnoeidḗs)
• κωνόκᾰρπος (kōnókarpos)
• κωνοκόλουρος (kōnokólouros)
• κωνοτομέω (kōnotoméō)

 

Descendants

• Greek: κώνος (kónos)
• → Arabic: قونس (qōnus)
• → Old Armenian: կոն (kon), կովն (kovn), կոնոս (konos), կոնոն (konon)
  • Armenian: կոն (kon)
• → Latin: cōnus
  • → Arabic: قونوس (qōnūs)

Further reading

• “κῶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κῶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κῶνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κῶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 815