- κόττανα
- κότταναGrammatical information: pl. n.Meaning: `kind of small figs' (Ath., H.); Lat. LW [loanword] cottana pl. `kind of small Syrian figs' (Plin.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.XEtymology: From Semitic; cf. Hebr. qāṭān, qeṭannīm `small' (Lewy Fremdw. 22). Here also κοτάννα f., after H. = παρθένος παρὰ Κρησί; cf. Hebr. qāṭōn, f. qeṭannā `small, young'; also `not full-grown boy' or `girl' (Lewy 65). (But is a loan of this kind from a Semitic language probable?)Page in Frisk: 1,933
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.