κινυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The meaning was already unclear in antiquity. The parallelism between this word and μινυρός (minurós, “complaining, whining”) is clear. Further etymology is uncertain.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.ny.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ki.nyˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.nyˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.nyˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.niˈros/

Adjective

κῐνῠρός • (kinurós) m (feminine κῐνῠρᾱ́, neuter κῐνῠρόν); first/second declension

wailing, plaintive, lamenting
Synonym: θρηνητικός (thrēnētikós)

Inflection

First and second declension of κῐνῠρός; κῐνῠρᾱ́; κῐνῠρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κῐνῠρός kinurós	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kinurā́	κῐνῠρόν kinurón	κῐνῠρώ kinurṓ	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kinurā́	κῐνῠρώ kinurṓ	κῐνῠροί kinuroí	κῐνῠραί kinuraí	κῐνῠρᾰ́ kinurá
Genitive	κῐνῠροῦ kinuroû	κῐνῠρᾶς kinurâs	κῐνῠροῦ kinuroû	κῐνῠροῖν kinuroîn	κῐνῠραῖν kinuraîn	κῐνῠροῖν kinuroîn	κῐνῠρῶν kinurôn	κῐνῠρῶν kinurôn	κῐνῠρῶν kinurôn
Dative	κῐνῠρῷ kinurôi	κῐνῠρᾷ kinurâi	κῐνῠρῷ kinurôi	κῐνῠροῖν kinuroîn	κῐνῠραῖν kinuraîn	κῐνῠροῖν kinuroîn	κῐνῠροῖς kinuroîs	κῐνῠραῖς kinuraîs	κῐνῠροῖς kinuroîs
Accusative	κῐνῠρόν kinurón	κῐνῠρᾱ́ν kinurā́n	κῐνῠρόν kinurón	κῐνῠρώ kinurṓ	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kinurā́	κῐνῠρώ kinurṓ	κῐνῠρούς kinuroús	κῐνῠρᾱ́ς kinurā́s	κῐνῠρᾰ́ kinurá
Vocative	κῐνῠρέ kinuré	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kinurā́	κῐνῠρόν kinurón	κῐνῠρώ kinurṓ	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kinurā́	κῐνῠρώ kinurṓ	κῐνῠροί kinuroí	κῐνῠραί kinuraí	κῐνῠρᾰ́ kinurá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κῐνῠρῶς kinurôs			κῐνῠρώτερος kinurṓteros			κῐνῠρώτᾰτος kinurṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κινυρίζω (kinurízō)
κινύροομαι (kinúroomai)