κόμαρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κόμαρον (kómaron), κύμαρος (kúmaros)

Etymology

Strömberg derives it from κόμη (kómē, “crown of a tree”) but Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κόμᾰρος • (kómaros) m (genitive κομάρου); second declension

  1. strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κόμᾰρος; τοῦ κομᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόμᾰρος
ho kómaros		 τὼ κομᾰ́ρω
tṑ komárō		 οἱ κόμᾰροι
hoi kómaroi
Genitive τοῦ κομᾰ́ρου
toû komárou		 τοῖν κομᾰ́ροιν
toîn komároin		 τῶν κομᾰ́ρων
tôn komárōn
Dative τῷ κομᾰ́ρῳ
tôi komárōi		 τοῖν κομᾰ́ροιν
toîn komároin		 τοῖς κομᾰ́ροις
toîs komárois
Accusative τὸν κόμᾰρον
tòn kómaron		 τὼ κομᾰ́ρω
tṑ komárō		 τοὺς κομᾰ́ρους
toùs komárous
Vocative κόμᾰρε
kómare		 κομᾰ́ρω
komárō		 κόμᾰροι
kómaroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κόμαρι (kómari), κόμμαρι (kómmari), κομμάρεως (kommáreōs), κόμαρις (kómaris), κώμαρις (kṓmaris), κόμαρον (kómaron, “a purple dye obtained from strawberry tree”)
  • κομαρέα (komaréa), κουμαρέα (koumaréa)
  • κομαροφάγος (komarophágos)

Descendants
  • Koine Greek: κόμαρον n (kómaron, “strawberry tree fruit”)
    • Greek: κούμαρο n (koúmaro, “strawberry tree fruit”), κόμαρο (kómaro)
      • ⇒ Greek: κουμαριά f (koumariá, “strawberry tree”), κουραμιά (kouramiá)
        • → Bulgarian: кумарка f (kumarka, “strawberry tree”)
        • → Turkish: kumara (“strawberry tree”) (Izmir)
    • Pontic Greek: κομάρι (komári)
  • → Latin: comaron n (“strawberry tree fruit”)
  • → Sicilian: cacumbaru m (“strawberry tree”)

Further reading
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