κυνηγέτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative Forms

• κŭνᾱγέτᾱς (kŭnāgétās) — Doric

Etymology

From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”)) + ἡγέτης (hēgétēs, “leader”) (ultimately from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.nɛː.ɡé.tɛːs/ → /cy.niˈʝe.tis/ → /ci.niˈʝe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nɛː.ɡé.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.ne̝ˈɡe.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.niˈʝe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.niˈʝe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.niˈʝe.tis/

Noun

κῠνηγέτης • (kŭnēgétēs) m (genitive κῠνηγέτου); second declension

1. hunter, huntsman

Declension

First declension of ὁ κῠνηγέτης; τοῦ κῠνηγέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠνηγέτης ho kŭnēgétēs	τὼ κῠνηγέτᾱ tṑ kŭnēgétā	οἱ κῠνηγέται hoi kŭnēgétai
Genitive	τοῦ κῠνηγέτου toû kŭnēgétou	τοῖν κῠνηγέταιν toîn kŭnēgétain	τῶν κῠνηγετῶν tôn kŭnēgetôn
Dative	τῷ κῠνηγέτῃ tôi kŭnēgétēi	τοῖν κῠνηγέταιν toîn kŭnēgétain	τοῖς κῠνηγέταις toîs kŭnēgétais
Accusative	τὸν κῠνηγέτην tòn kŭnēgétēn	τὼ κῠνηγέτᾱ tṑ kŭnēgétā	τοὺς κῠνηγέτᾱς toùs kŭnēgétās
Vocative	κῠνηγέτᾰ kŭnēgétă	κῠνηγέτᾱ kŭnēgétā	κῠνηγέται kŭnēgétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived Terms

• κῠνηγετῐκός (kŭnēgetĭkós)

Further Reading

• “κυνηγέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κυνηγέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κυνηγέτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963