κότος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *kh₃-to-s, from root *keh₃-. Probably related to Proto-Celtic *katus (battle) and Proto-Germanic *haþuz (battle, fight) from *kéh₃-tus. Perhaps also to Old Church Slavonic котора (kotora, quarrel), Czech katiti se (to be annoyed) and Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru, enemy), problematic because ś can only come from *ḱ.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κότος • (kótos) m (genitive κότου); second declension

  1. grudge, rancour, animosity, ill will

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἄκοτος (ákotos)
  • ἔγκοτος (énkotos)
  • ἐπίκοτος (epíkotos)
  • ζᾰ́κοτος (zákotos)
  • κοταίνω (kotaínō)
  • κοτεινός (koteinós)
  • κοτέω (kotéō)
  • κοτήεις (kotḗeis)
  • νεόκοτος (neókotos)
  • ὑπέρκοτος (hupérkotos)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κότος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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