κικυμίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κῐκκᾰ́βη (kĭkkắbē), κῐ́κῠβος (kĭ́kŭbos), κῐ́κῠμος (kĭ́kŭmos)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word, like κικκαβαῦ (kikkabaû, “sound of the screech owl”). However, according to Beekes, the variations point also to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.ky.mís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ki.kyˈmis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.cyˈmis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.cyˈmis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.ciˈmis/

Noun

κῐκῠμῐ́ς • (kĭkŭmĭ́s) f (genitive κῐκῠμῐ́δος); third declension

little owl (Athene noctua)
Synonyms: γλαῦξ (glaûx), κρῐγή (krĭgḗ)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κῐκῠμῐ́ς; τῆς κῐκῠμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῐκῠμῐ́ς hē kĭkŭmĭ́s	τὼ κῐκῠμῐ́δε tṑ kĭkŭmĭ́de	αἱ κῐκῠμῐ́δες hai kĭkŭmĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κῐκῠμῐ́δος tês kĭkŭmĭ́dos	τοῖν κῐκῠμῐ́δοιν toîn kĭkŭmĭ́doin	τῶν κῐκῠμῐ́δων tôn kĭkŭmĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κῐκῠμῐ́δῐ têi kĭkŭmĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κῐκῠμῐ́δοιν toîn kĭkŭmĭ́doin	ταῖς κῐκῠμῐ́σῐ / κῐκῠμῐ́σῐν taîs kĭkŭmĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῐκῠμῐ́δᾰ tḕn kĭkŭmĭ́dă	τὼ κῐκῠμῐ́δε tṑ kĭkŭmĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κῐκῠμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kĭkŭmĭ́dăs
Vocative	κῐκῠμῐ́ς kĭkŭmĭ́s	κῐκῠμῐ́δε kĭkŭmĭ́de	κῐκῠμῐ́δες kĭkŭmĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.