Κυνὸς Σῆμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠνός (kunós, genitive of κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”)) +‎ σῆμᾰ (sêma, “mark”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.nòs sɛ̂ː.ma/ → /cyˈnos ˈsi.ma/ → /ciˈnos ˈsi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nòs sɛ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈnos ˈse̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnos ˈsi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnos ˈsi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈnos ˈsi.ma/

Proper noun

Κῠνὸς Σῆμᾰ • (Kunòs Sêma) n (genitive Κῠνὸς Σήμᾰτος); third declension

1. Cynossema, a location on the Gallipoli peninsula near which the Battle of Cynossema was fought

Inflection

See the inflection of κῠ́ων (kúōn) and σῆμᾰ (sêma).

Descendants

• Greek: Κυνός Σήμα (Kynós Síma)
• Latin: Cynossēma

References

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