Κῦνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kŷː.nos/ → /ˈcy.nos/ → /ˈci.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kŷː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.nos/

Proper noun

Κῦνος • (Kûnos) f (genitive Κῡ́νου); second declension

1. Cynus, Locris, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κῦνος; τῆς Κῡ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῦνος hē Kûnos
Genitive	τῆς Κῡ́νου tês Kū́nou
Dative	τῇ Κῡ́νῳ têi Kū́nōi
Accusative	τὴν Κῦνον tḕn Kûnon
Vocative	Κῦνε Kûne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Cynus

Further reading

• Κῦνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Κῦνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers