Κανύσιον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ný.si.on/ → /kaˈny.si.on/ → /kaˈni.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ný.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈny.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈny.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈny.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.si.on/

Proper noun

Κᾰνύσῐον • (Kanúsion) n (genitive Κᾰνῠσίου); second declension

1. Canusium; Canosa di Puglia, Italy

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Κανύσιον; τοῦ Κανυσίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Κανύσιον tò Kanúsion
Genitive	τοῦ Κανυσίου toû Kanusíou
Dative	τῷ Κανυσίῳ tôi Kanusíōi
Accusative	τὸ Κανύσιον tò Kanúsion
Vocative	Κανύσιον Kanúsion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κανύσιο (Kanýsio)
• → Latin: Canusium
  • Italian: Canosa

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005