κοκκυ-βόας ὄρνις

Grammatical information: interj.

Meaning: cry of the cuckoo; also as cry in gen. (Ar.).

Compounds: As 1. member in κοκκυ-βόας ὄρνις name of the cock (S. Fr. 791; codd. Eust. κοκκο- after the ο-stems; correct?).

Derivatives: κοκκύζω of the call of the cuckoo and of the cock (Hes.; cf. Fraenkel Glotta 4, 34) with κοκκυσμός `shrill cry' (Nicom. Math.), κοκκυστής `cry-er' (Timo); κόκκυξ, -ῡγος m. `cuckoo' (Hes., - υγος nom. Alc.), also metaph., a. o. as name of a fish (Hp., Arist.), a fig (Nic.); s. Strömberg Fischnamen 116, resp. Pflanzennamen 73. From κόκκυξ: Κοκκύγιον name of a mountain (Paus.); κοκκυγία ἀνεμώνη. Κροτωνιᾶται H. ("cuckooflower"; Strömberg l. c.); κοκκυγέα a tree, `Rhus Cotinus' (Plin.; coni. in Thphr. HP 3, 16, 6). With labial the PN Κόκκυψ, Κοκκουβίας (Boeoot.; cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 262f.). Here also κόκκυς λόφος (i. e. `cock's comb') H.? (non-IE. after Alessio Studi etr. 18, 125 and Hubschmid 3^me Congr. intern. de topon. 2, 186f..

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably], ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: On κοκκύμηλον s. v. Prob. dissim. from kuku (Schwyzer 258 a. 423). Onomatopoetic like Skt. kokilá- `cucko', kukkuṭá- `cock', Lat. cucūlus, NHG Kuckuck etc.; Pok. 627, W.-Hofmann s. cucūlus. On κόκκυξ Thompson Birds s. v. The word could well be Pre-Greek.

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