Κυνικός

See also: κυνικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠνῐκός (kŭnĭkós, “doglike”). It is uncertain whether the followers of Antisthenes were called this because of the gymnasium where he taught (Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges)), from the coarse, filthy mode mode of life, or some other reason.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.ni.kós/ → /cy.niˈkos/ → /ci.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.niˈkos/

Noun

Κῠνῐκός • (Kŭnĭkós) m (genitive Κῠνῐκοῦ); second declension

1. a Cynic

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῠνῐκός; τοῦ Κῠνῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κῠνῐκός ho Kŭnĭkós	τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kŭnĭkṓ	οἱ Κῠνῐκοί hoi Kŭnĭkoí
Genitive	τοῦ Κῠνῐκοῦ toû Kŭnĭkoû	τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kŭnĭkoîn	τῶν Κῠνῐκῶν tôn Kŭnĭkôn
Dative	τῷ Κῠνῐκῷ tôi Kŭnĭkôi	τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kŭnĭkoîn	τοῖς Κῠνῐκοῖς toîs Kŭnĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸν Κῠνῐκόν tòn Kŭnĭkón	τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kŭnĭkṓ	τοὺς Κῠνῐκούς toùs Kŭnĭkoús
Vocative	Κῠνῐκέ Kŭnĭké	Κῠνῐκώ Kŭnĭkṓ	Κῠνῐκοί Kŭnĭkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κυνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press