Κυνοσούρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.no.sǔː.raː/ → /cy.noˈsu.ra/ → /ci.noˈsu.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.no.sǔː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.noˈsu.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.noˈsu.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.noˈsu.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.noˈsu.ra/

Proper noun

Κῠνοσούρᾱ • (Kunosoúrā) m (genitive Κῠνοσούρᾱς); first declension

1. Cynosura

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῠνοσούρᾱ; τῆς Κῠνοσούρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῠνοσούρᾱ hē Kunosoúrā
Genitive	τῆς Κῠνοσούρᾱς tês Kunosoúrās
Dative	τῇ Κῠνοσούρᾳ têi Kunosoúrāi
Accusative	τὴν Κῠνοσούρᾱν tḕn Kunosoúrān
Vocative	Κῠνοσούρᾱ Kunosoúrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κυνοσούρα (Kynosoúra)
• Latin: Cynosūra

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007