- κῖκι
- κῖκι, -ιος, -εωςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `castor-oil' (Hdt. 2, 94, Pl. Ti. 60a, Pap. u. a.), which is oil from a tree, the `wonder-tree, the Ricinus communis' (Str., Dsc.), in this meaning alao κικέα (Aët., Paul. Aeg.; after συκέα etc.).Other forms: also indecl., Mayser Pap. 1 : 2, 24. κίκι Hdn. Gr. 1, 354, 2.766.Compounds: As 1. member e. g. κικιο-φόρος `producing ricinus-oil' (γῆ, pap.).Derivatives: κίκινος `originating from the ricinus' (ἔλαιον, Dsc., Gal.), κίκιον `the root of the ricinus-tree' (Gal.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.Etymology: Egyptian word (Hdt. 2, 94); cf. Hehn Kulturpflanzen 207 and Mayser Pap. 1 : 1, 37. Perh. têqi, cf. Hdt. τῆκι (Loret in Legrand ed. Hdt. See also Nencioni, St. It. Fil. Cl. 16 (1939)9.Page in Frisk: 1,851
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.