κυνίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠ́ων (kŭ́ōn, stem: κῠν- (kŭn-)) +‎ -ῐ́δῐον (-ĭ́dĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.ní.di.on/ → /cyˈni.ði.on/ → /ciˈni.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.ní.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈni.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈni.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈni.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈni.ði.on/

Noun

κῠνῐ́δῐον • (kŭnĭ́dĭon) n (genitive κῠνῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. a little dog, a puppy
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 542
   • 380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 298e
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 13.8
   • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Frank Criticism 10.O.
   • 446 BCE – 411 BCE, Eupolis, Collected Works 207
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1406b.28

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κῠνῐ́δῐον; τοῦ κῠνῐδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠνῐ́δῐον tò kŭnĭ́dĭon	τὼ κῠνῐδῐ́ω tṑ kŭnĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῠνῐ́δῐᾰ tằ kŭnĭ́dĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κῠνῐδῐ́ου toû kŭnĭdĭ́ou	τοῖν κῠνῐδῐ́οιν toîn kŭnĭdĭ́oin	τῶν κῠνῐδῐ́ων tôn kŭnĭdĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κῠνῐδῐ́ῳ tôi kŭnĭdĭ́ōi	τοῖν κῠνῐδῐ́οιν toîn kŭnĭdĭ́oin	τοῖς κῠνῐδῐ́οις toîs kŭnĭdĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κῠνῐ́δῐον tò kŭnĭ́dĭon	τὼ κῠνῐδῐ́ω tṑ kŭnĭdĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῠνῐ́δῐᾰ tằ kŭnĭ́dĭă
Vocative	κῠνῐ́δῐον kŭnĭ́dĭon	κῠνῐδῐ́ω kŭnĭdĭ́ō	κῠνῐ́δῐᾰ kŭnĭ́dĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (little dog, puppy): κῠνάριον (kŭnárion), σκύλαξ (skúlax)

References

• “κῠνίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press