κινώπετον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κινωπηστής (kinōpēstḗs)

Etymology

Ending like in ἑρπετόν (herpetón) and δακετόν (daketón). Probably related to κνώψ (knṓps, “venomous animal”). The vocalism points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.nɔ̌ː.pe.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kiˈno.pe.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pe.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pe.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pe.ton/

Noun

κῐνώπετον • (kĭnṓpeton) n (genitive κῐνωπέτου); second declension

venomous beast, especially a snake

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κῐνώπετον; τοῦ κῐνωπέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῐνώπετον tò kĭnṓpeton	τὼ κῐνωπέτω tṑ kĭnōpétō	τᾰ̀ κῐνώπετᾰ tằ kĭnṓpetă
Genitive	τοῦ κῐνωπέτου toû kĭnōpétou	τοῖν κῐνωπέτοιν toîn kĭnōpétoin	τῶν κῐνωπέτων tôn kĭnōpétōn
Dative	τῷ κῐνωπέτῳ tôi kĭnōpétōi	τοῖν κῐνωπέτοιν toîn kĭnōpétoin	τοῖς κῐνωπέτοις toîs kĭnōpétois
Accusative	τὸ κῐνώπετον tò kĭnṓpeton	τὼ κῐνωπέτω tṑ kĭnōpétō	τᾰ̀ κῐνώπετᾰ tằ kĭnṓpetă
Vocative	κῐνώπετον kĭnṓpeton	κῐνωπέτω kĭnōpétō	κῐνώπετᾰ kĭnṓpetă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“κινώπετον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κινώπετον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette