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

 

• IPA^(key): /ki.ny.rós/ → /ci.nyˈros/ → /ci.niˈros/

• (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

1. 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
		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)

 

Further reading

• “κινυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κινυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κινυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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