βερικοκκία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βρεκοκκία (brekokkía)

Etymology

From βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon, “apricot (fruit)”) +‎ -ία (-ía); the root, like πραικόκιον (praikókion), is from Latin praecoquum, alternative form of early-ripening, premature.

Pronunciation

(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.ri.koˈci.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.ri.koˈci.a/

Noun

βερικοκκία • (berikokkía) f (genitive βερικοκκίας); first declension

(Byzantine) apricot tree

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ Classical Syriac: ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ‎ (barqūqā), ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܝܳܐ‎ (barqūqāyā)
- → Arabic: برقوق‎ (burqūq, barqūq) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

βερικοκκία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Sophocles, E. A. (1900) Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 306

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