"ἀλκυών" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀλκυών in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/, /al.cyˈon/, /al.ciˈon/, /al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /al.kyˈon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /al.cyˈon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /al.cyˈon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /al.ciˈon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown, apparently from Pre-Greek. Already in Ancient Greek, this non-Indoeuropean origin produced a folk etymology and the corresponding alternative spelling ἁλκυών (halkuṓn) based on the imagined derivation from ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + κυέω (kuéō, “I conceive”). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{der|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{m|grc|ἁλκυών}} ἁλκυών (halkuṓn), {{m|grc|ἅλς||salt}} ἅλς (háls, “salt”), {{m|grc|κυέω||I conceive}} κυέω (kuéō, “I conceive”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἀλκυόνος|f|third}} ἀλκυών • (alkuṓn) f (genitive ἀλκυόνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἀλκῠών|ἀλκῠόνος|form=F}} Forms: alkuṓn [romanization], ἀλκυόνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ἀλκῠών [nominative, singular], τὼ ἀλκῠόνε [dual, nominative], αἱ ἀλκῠόνες [nominative, plural], τῆς ἀλκῠόνος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἀλκῠόνων [genitive, plural], τῇ ἀλκῠόνῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἀλκῠόσῐ [dative, plural], ἀλκῠόσῐν [dative, plural], taîs alkuósi [dative, plural], taîs alkuósin [dative, plural], τὴν ἀλκῠόνᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ἀλκῠόνε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἀλκῠόνᾰς [accusative, plural], ἀλκῠών [singular, vocative], ἀλκῠόνε [dual, vocative], ἀλκῠόνες [plural, vocative]
  1. kingfisher, halcyon Wikipedia link: Kingfisher Categories (lifeform): Birds Synonyms: ἁλκυών (halkuṓn), αὐκυών (aukuṓn) [Cretan]

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        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τῇ ἀλκῠόνῐ",
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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            "Cretan"
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        }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/al.cyˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ciˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.kyˈon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/al.ciˈon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "bor": "1"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τῆς ἀλκῠόνος",
      "roman": "tês alkuónos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn alkuónoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἀλκῠόνων",
      "roman": "tôn alkuónōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ἀλκῠόνῐ",
      "roman": "têi alkuóni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀλκῠόνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn alkuónoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ἀλκῠόσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀλκῠόσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs alkuósi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs alkuósin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἀλκῠόνᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn alkuóna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀλκῠόνε",
      "roman": "tṑ alkuóne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἀλκῠόνᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s alkuónas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀλκῠών",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀλκῠόνε",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀλκῠόνες",
      "roman": "alkuónes",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ἀλκυών • (alkuṓn) f (genitive ἀλκυόνος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἀλκῠών",
        "2": "ἀλκῠόνος",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "grc:Birds"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kingfisher, halcyon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kingfisher",
          "kingfisher"
        ],
        [
          "halcyon",
          "halcyon"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Kingfisher"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.cyˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ciˈon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ky.ɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.kyˈon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.cyˈon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/al.ciˈon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "halkuṓn",
      "word": "ἁλκυών"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aukuṓn",
      "tags": [
        "Cretan"
      ],
      "word": "αὐκυών"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀλκυών"
}

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