κυνοχάλκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠ́ων (kŭ́ōn, “dog”) +‎ χάλκη (khálkē, “murex; purple dye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.nokʰ.kʰál.kɛː/ → /cy.nokˈxal.ci/ → /ci.nokˈxal.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nokʰ.kʰál.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.nokˈkʰal.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.nokˈxal.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.nokˈxal.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.nokˈxal.ci/

Noun

κῠνοχᾰ́λκη • (kŭnokhắlkē) f (genitive κῠνοχᾰ́λκης); first declension

1. knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

   Synonyms: πολῠ́γονον (polŭ́gonon), χῑλῐόφῠλλος (khīlĭóphŭllos)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκη; τῆς κῠνοκχᾰ́λκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκη hē kŭnokkhắlkē	τὼ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱ tṑ kŭnokkhắlkā	αἱ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαι hai kŭnokkhắlkai
Genitive	τῆς κῠνοκχᾰ́λκης tês kŭnokkhắlkēs	τοῖν κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαιν toîn kŭnokkhắlkain	τῶν κῠνοκχᾰλκῶν tôn kŭnokkhălkôn
Dative	τῇ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκῃ têi kŭnokkhắlkēi	τοῖν κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαιν toîn kŭnokkhắlkain	ταῖς κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαις taîs kŭnokkhắlkais
Accusative	τὴν κῠνοκχᾰ́λκην tḕn kŭnokkhắlkēn	τὼ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱ tṑ kŭnokkhắlkā	τᾱ̀ς κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱς tā̀s kŭnokkhắlkās
Vocative	κῠνοκχᾰ́λκη kŭnokkhắlkē	κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱ kŭnokkhắlkā	κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαι kŭnokkhắlkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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