Κύνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The name's meaning is unknown, but suggestive of Pre-Greek forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýn.tʰos/ → /ˈcyn.θos/ → /ˈcin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýn.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkyn.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyn.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyn.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcin.θos/

Proper noun

Κῠ́νθος • (Kŭ́nthos) m (genitive Κῠ́νθου); second declension

1. Cynthus, a mountain in Delos, Cyclades, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῠ́νθος; τοῦ Κῠ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κῠ́νθος ho Kŭ́nthos
Genitive	τοῦ Κῠ́νθου toû Kŭ́nthou
Dative	τῷ Κῠ́νθῳ tôi Kŭ́nthōi
Accusative	τὸν Κῠ́νθον tòn Kŭ́nthon
Vocative	Κῠ́νθε Kŭ́nthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῠ́νθῐος (Kŭ́nthĭos)

Descendants

• Greek: Κύνθος (Kýnthos)
• → Latin: Cynthus
  • French: Cynthe
  • → English: Cynthus

References

• “Κύνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κύνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN