Νεφελοκοκκυγία

Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 4 January 2013

Etymology

From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ • (Nephelokokkūgíā) f (genitive Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. cloud-cuckoo-land
    • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 819:
      Πισθέταιρος βούλει Νεφελοκοκκυγίαν?
      Ἔποψ ἰοὺ ἰού: καλόν γ’ ἀτεχνῶς σὺ καὶ μέγ’ ηὗρες τοὔνομα!
      Ἐυελπίδης ἆρ’ ἐστὶν αὑτηγὶ Νεφελοκοκκυγία, ἵνα καὶ τὰ Θεογένους τὰ πολλὰ χρήματα τά τ’ Αἰσχίνου γ’ ἅπαντα?
      Pisthétairos boúlei Nephelokokkugían?
      Épops ioù ioú: kalón g’ atekhnôs sù kaì még’ hēûres toúnoma!
      Euelpídēs âr’ estìn hautēgì Nephelokokkugía, hína kaì tà Theogénous tà pollà khrḗmata tá t’ Aiskhínou g’ hápanta?
      • Translation by Ian Johnston
        Pisthetairos: Well, then, how do you like this: Cloudcuckooland?
        Chorus leader: Yes! That’s good! You’ve come up with a name that’s really wonderful—it’s great!
        Euelpides: Hang on, is this Cloudcuckooland the very spot where Theogenes keeps lots of money, and Aeschines hides all his assets?

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ
hē Nephelokokkūgíā		 τὼ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ
tṑ Nephelokokkūgíā		 αἱ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αι
hai Nephelokokkūgíai
Genitive τῆς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς
tês Nephelokokkūgíās		 τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν
toîn Nephelokokkūgíain		 τῶν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐῶν
tôn Nephelokokkūgiôn
Dative τῇ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾳ
têi Nephelokokkūgíāi		 τοῖν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αιν
toîn Nephelokokkūgíain		 ταῖς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αις
taîs Nephelokokkūgíais
Accusative τὴν Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Nephelokokkūgíān		 τὼ Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ
tṑ Nephelokokkūgíā		 τᾱ̀ς Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s Nephelokokkūgíās
Vocative Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ
Nephelokokkūgíā		 Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ
Nephelokokkūgíā		 Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́αι
Nephelokokkūgíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐεύς (Nephelokokkūgieús)

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Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκῡγῐ́ᾱ (Nephelokokkūgíā, “cloud-cuckoo-land”), from (νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, “country suffix”)). A placename created by Aristophanes, the city of The Birds. In philological texts, referred as Nephelococcygia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ne.fe.lo.ko.ciˈʝi.a/
  • Hyphenation: Νε‧φε‧λε‧κοκ‧κυ‧γί‧α

Proper noun

Νεφελοκοκκυγία • (Nefelokokkygía) f (plural Νεφελοκοκκυγίες)

  1. cloud-cuckoo-land, a utopia, imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people.
    Για τις Νεφελοκοκκυγίες σας έχω / πολλά κι ωραία τραγούδια εγώ συνθέσει
    Gia tis Nefelokokkygíes sas écho / pollá ki oraía tragoúdia egó synthései
    For your Cloudcuckoolands I have composed many and wonderful songs
    Translation (1967) in Modern Greek by Thrasyboulοs Stavrou of Aristophanes, The Birds, verses 917-918 @greek-language.gr

Declension
declension of Νεφελοκοκκυγία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative Νεφελοκοκκυγία • Νεφελοκοκκυγίες •
genitive Νεφελοκοκκυγίας • {{{2}}}ών •
accusative Νεφελοκοκκυγία • Νεφελοκοκκυγίες •
vocative Νεφελοκοκκυγία • Νεφελοκοκκυγίες •
Usually in the singular.

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