κυνώπης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ης (-ēs), thus Literally, “dog-eyed”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.nɔ̌ː.pɛːs/ → /cyˈno.pis/ → /ciˈno.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nɔ̌ː.pɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈno.pe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈno.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈno.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pis/

Adjective

κῠνώπης • (kŭnṓpēs) (feminine κῠνῶπῐς)

1. shameless

Declension

Masculine forms:

First declension of ὁ κῠνώπης; τοῦ κῠνώπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠνώπης ho kŭnṓpēs	τὼ κῠνώπᾱ tṑ kŭnṓpā	οἱ κῠνῶπαι hoi kŭnôpai
Genitive	τοῦ κῠνώπου toû kŭnṓpou	τοῖν κῠνώπαιν toîn kŭnṓpain	τῶν κῠνωπῶν tôn kŭnōpôn
Dative	τῷ κῠνώπῃ tôi kŭnṓpēi	τοῖν κῠνώπαιν toîn kŭnṓpain	τοῖς κῠνώπαις toîs kŭnṓpais
Accusative	τὸν κῠνώπην tòn kŭnṓpēn	τὼ κῠνώπᾱ tṑ kŭnṓpā	τοὺς κῠνώπᾱς toùs kŭnṓpās
Vocative	κῠνώπη / κυνόπᾰ kŭnṓpē / kunópă	κῠνώπᾱ kŭnṓpā	κῠνῶπαι kŭnôpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Feminine forms:

Third declension of ἡ κῠνῶπῐς; τῆς κῠνώπῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠνῶπῐς hē kŭnôpĭs	τὼ κῠνώπῐδε tṑ kŭnṓpĭde	αἱ κῠνώπῐδες hai kŭnṓpĭdes
Genitive	τῆς κῠνώπῐδος tês kŭnṓpĭdos	τοῖν κῠνωπῐ́δοιν toîn kŭnōpĭ́doin	τῶν κῠνωπῐ́δων tôn kŭnōpĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κῠνώπῐδῐ têi kŭnṓpĭdĭ	τοῖν κῠνωπῐ́δοιν toîn kŭnōpĭ́doin	ταῖς κῠνώπῐσῐ / κῠνώπῐσῐν taîs kŭnṓpĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῠνώπῐδᾰ tḕn kŭnṓpĭdă	τὼ κῠνώπῐδε tṑ kŭnṓpĭde	τᾱ̀ς κῠνώπῐδᾰς tā̀s kŭnṓpĭdăs
Vocative	κῠνῶπῐς kŭnôpĭs	κῠνώπῐδε kŭnṓpĭde	κῠνώπῐδες kŭnṓpĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “κυνώπης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κυνώπης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κυνώπης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• κυνώπης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “κυνώπης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “κυνώπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press