"Νεφελοκοκκυγία" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyː.ɡí.aː/, /ne.ɸe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/, /ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/, /ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyː.ɡí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyˈɡi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ne.ɸe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ne.fe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|νεφέλη|κόκκῡξ|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=cloud|t2=cuckoo}} νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ}} Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ • (Nephelokokkūgíā) f (genitive Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ [canonical], Nephelokokkūgíā [romanization], Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. cloud-cuckoo-land Related terms: Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐεύς (Nephelokokkūgieús)

Inflected forms

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            "2": "cloud-cuckoo-land",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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            "bor": "1",
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          "name": "desc"
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn Nephelokokkūgíain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "τῶν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐῶν",
      "roman": "tôn Nephelokokkūgiôn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τῇ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾳ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
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      "form": "ταῖς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αις",
      "roman": "taîs Nephelokokkūgíais",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τὼ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ Nephelokokkūgíā",
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        "dual"
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s Nephelokokkūgíās",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία",
          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by Ian Johnston\nPisthetairos: Well, then, how do you like this: Cloudcuckooland?\nChorus leader: Yes! That’s good! You’ve come up with a name that’s really wonderful—it’s great!\nEuelpides: Hang on, is this Cloudcuckooland the very spot where Theogenes keeps lots of money, and Aeschines hides all his assets?",
          "ref": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 819",
          "roman": "Euelpídēs âr’ estìn hautēgì Nephelokokkugía, hína kaì tà Theogénous tà pollà khrḗmata tá t’ Aiskhínou g’ hápanta?",
          "text": "Πισθέταιρος βούλει Νεφελοκοκκυγίαν?\nἜποψ ἰοὺ ἰού: καλόν γ’ ἀτεχνῶς σὺ καὶ μέγ’ ηὗρες τοὔνομα!\nἘυελπίδης ἆρ’ ἐστὶν αὑτηγὶ Νεφελοκοκκυγία, ἵνα καὶ τὰ Θεογένους τὰ πολλὰ χρήματα τά τ’ Αἰσχίνου γ’ ἅπαντα?\nPisthétairos boúlei Nephelokokkugían?\nÉpops ioù ioú: kalón g’ atekhnôs sù kaì még’ hēûres toúnoma!"
        }
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          "roman": "Nephelokokkūgieús",
          "word": "Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐεύς"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyː.ɡí.aː/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ne.ɸe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyː.ɡí.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyˈɡi.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.ɸe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.fe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Νεφελοκοκκυγία"
}
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          "expansion": "→ German: Wolkenkuckucksheim (calque)",
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      "text": "→ German: Wolkenkuckucksheim (calque)"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τῆς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tês Nephelokokkūgíās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn Nephelokokkūgíain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐῶν",
      "roman": "tôn Nephelokokkūgiôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾳ",
      "roman": "têi Nephelokokkūgíāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν",
      "roman": "toîn Nephelokokkūgíain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "ταῖς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αις",
      "roman": "taîs Nephelokokkūgíais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τὴν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn Nephelokokkūgíān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τὼ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ Nephelokokkūgíā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s Nephelokokkūgíās",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "Nephelokokkūgíā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ",
      "roman": "Nephelokokkūgíā",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αι",
      "roman": "Nephelokokkūgíai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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      },
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
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      "roman": "Nephelokokkūgieús",
      "word": "Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐεύς"
    }
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        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Translation by Ian Johnston\nPisthetairos: Well, then, how do you like this: Cloudcuckooland?\nChorus leader: Yes! That’s good! You’ve come up with a name that’s really wonderful—it’s great!\nEuelpides: Hang on, is this Cloudcuckooland the very spot where Theogenes keeps lots of money, and Aeschines hides all his assets?",
          "ref": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 819",
          "roman": "Euelpídēs âr’ estìn hautēgì Nephelokokkugía, hína kaì tà Theogénous tà pollà khrḗmata tá t’ Aiskhínou g’ hápanta?",
          "text": "Πισθέταιρος βούλει Νεφελοκοκκυγίαν?\nἜποψ ἰοὺ ἰού: καλόν γ’ ἀτεχνῶς σὺ καὶ μέγ’ ηὗρες τοὔνομα!\nἘυελπίδης ἆρ’ ἐστὶν αὑτηγὶ Νεφελοκοκκυγία, ἵνα καὶ τὰ Θεογένους τὰ πολλὰ χρήματα τά τ’ Αἰσχίνου γ’ ἅπαντα?\nPisthétairos boúlei Nephelokokkugían?\nÉpops ioù ioú: kalón g’ atekhnôs sù kaì még’ hēûres toúnoma!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cloud-cuckoo-land"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cloud-cuckoo-land",
          "cloud-cuckoo-land"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyː.ɡí.aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.ɸe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyː.ɡí.aː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.pʰe.lo.kok.kyˈɡi.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.ɸe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.fe.lo.ko.cyˈʝi.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Νεφελοκοκκυγία"
}

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