- κουκούφας
- κουκούφας (κοκκ-), -ατοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `Egyptian name of the ἔποψ' (Horap. 1. 55, PMag. Berol. 2, 18)Derivatives: Diminut. κοκκοφάδιον (PMag. Lond. 121, 411; cf. Dölger ByzZ 38, 213).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.Etymology: Onomatopoetic word, to be compared with Skt. kukkubha- `Phasianus gallus', Lith. cucubiō, -īre from the cry of the screech-owl. Cf. on κικκαβαῦ; also Pok. 536, W.-Hofmann s. cucubiō, Mayrhofer s. kukkubhaḥ m..Page in Frisk: 1,934
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.