Κυνικός

See also: κυνικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠνῐκός (kunikós, “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 • (Kunikós) 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 Kunikós	τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kunikṓ	οἱ Κῠνῐκοί hoi Kunikoí
Genitive	τοῦ Κῠνῐκοῦ toû Kunikoû	τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kunikoîn	τῶν Κῠνῐκῶν tôn Kunikôn
Dative	τῷ Κῠνῐκῷ tôi Kunikôi	τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kunikoîn	τοῖς Κῠνῐκοῖς toîs Kunikoîs
Accusative	τὸν Κῠνῐκόν tòn Kunikón	τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kunikṓ	τοὺς Κῠνῐκούς toùs Kunikoús
Vocative	Κῠνῐκέ Kuniké	Κῠνῐκώ Kunikṓ	Κῠνῐκοί Kunikoí
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