ὤκιμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Natively connected with ἀκή (akḗ) and ἄκαινα (ákaina) from a root related to sharpness, but this does not explain the initial ὤ-. According to Beekes, the presence of similar words ἄκινος (ákinos, “wild basil”) and ὤκινον (ṓkinon, “clover”) shows Pre-Greek origin. Löw and Nöldeke explain with a borrowing from Aramaic, retained in Classical Syriac ܚܘܟܐ‎ (ḥawkā, “basil”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̌ː.ki.mon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ki.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ci.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ci.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ci.mon/

Noun

ὤκῐμον • (ṓkimon) n (genitive ὠκῐ́μου); second declension

basil (Ocimum basilicum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὤκῐμον; τοῦ ὠκῐ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὤκῐμον tò ṓkimon	τὼ ὠκῐ́μω tṑ ōkímō	τᾰ̀ ὤκῐμᾰ tà ṓkima
Genitive	τοῦ ὠκῐ́μου toû ōkímou	τοῖν ὠκῐ́μοιν toîn ōkímoin	τῶν ὠκῐ́μων tôn ōkímōn
Dative	τῷ ὠκῐ́μῳ tôi ōkímōi	τοῖν ὠκῐ́μοιν toîn ōkímoin	τοῖς ὠκῐ́μοις toîs ōkímois
Accusative	τὸ ὤκῐμον tò ṓkimon	τὼ ὠκῐ́μω tṑ ōkímō	τᾰ̀ ὤκῐμᾰ tà ṓkima
Vocative	ὤκῐμον ṓkimon	ὠκῐ́μω ōkímō	ὤκῐμᾰ ṓkima
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὠκῐ́μινος (ōkíminos)
ὠκῐμοειδές (ōkimoeidés)
ὠκῐμοειδής (ōkimoeidḗs)
ὠκῐμώδης (ōkimṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Latin: ōcimus
→ Translingual: Ocimum