κύκνος

See also: Κύκνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”), with cognates including Sanskrit शोचति (śócati) and शुक्र (śukrá), and possibly Old Norse Hǿnir (“god associated with swans and storks”). Could also be onomatopoeic from the sound of the swan's call (compare Russian кы-кы (ky-ky, “cry of a swan”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.knos/ → /ˈcy.knos/ → /ˈci.knos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.knos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.knos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.knos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.knos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.knos/

Noun

κύκνος • (kúknos) m (genitive κύκνου); second declension

1. swan
2. type of ship

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠ́κνος; τοῦ κῠ́κνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́κνος ho kŭ́knos	τὼ κῠ́κνω tṑ kŭ́knō	οἱ κῠ́κνοι hoi kŭ́knoi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠ́κνου toû kŭ́knou	τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν toîn kŭ́knoin	τῶν κῠ́κνων tôn kŭ́knōn
Dative	τῷ κῠ́κνῳ tôi kŭ́knōi	τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν toîn kŭ́knoin	τοῖς κῠ́κνοις toîs kŭ́knois
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́κνον tòn kŭ́knon	τὼ κῠ́κνω tṑ kŭ́knō	τοὺς κῠ́κνους toùs kŭ́knous
Vocative	κῠ́κνε kŭ́kne	κῠ́κνω kŭ́knō	κῠ́κνοι kŭ́knoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cycnus
• ⇒ Latin: cygnus
• → Arabic: قُقْنُس (quqnus), قُقْنُوس (quqnūs)
  • → Persian: ققنوس, ققنس (qaqnos)
    • → Urdu: ققنس (qaqnus)
• ⇒ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܩܢܘܣ (qūqnōs), ܩܘܩܢܣ (/⁠qwqns⁠/), ܩܝܩܝܢܘܣ (/⁠qyqynws⁠/)
• → Old Armenian: կիկնոս (kiknos), կիւկնոս (kiwknos)

References

• “κύκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κύκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κύκνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κύκνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κύκνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cycnus idem, page 193.
  • swan idem, page 846.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).

Noun

κύκνος • (kýknos) m (plural κύκνοι)

1. (ornithology) swan, Cygnus

Declension

Declension of κύκνος

	singular	plural
nominative	κύκνος (kýknos)	κύκνοι (kýknoi)
genitive	κύκνου (kýknou)	κύκνων (kýknon)
accusative	κύκνο (kýkno)	κύκνους (kýknous)
vocative	κύκνε (kýkne)	κύκνοι (kýknoi)

Derived terms

• αγριόκυκνος m (agriókyknos, “whooper swan”)
• κοινός κύκνος m (koinós kýknos, “mute swan”)
• νανόκυκνος m (nanókyknos, “Bewick's swan”)

Further reading

• Κύκνος (πτηνό) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el