κύων
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.on/
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Cognates include Latin canis, Sanskrit श्वन् (śván) and Old English hund (English hound).[1] The final -ν (-n) in the nominative singular which was absent in *ḱwṓ was restored in Greek by analogy to other forms in the paradigm.
Noun
[edit]κῠ́ων • (kúōn) m or f (genitive κῠνός); third declension
- a dog
- a bitch
- (derogatory) a bitch (used of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity)
- an offensive person
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ κῠ́ων ho, hē kúōn |
τὼ κῠ́νε tṑ kúne |
οἱ, αἱ κῠ́νες hoi, hai kúnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς κῠνός toû, tês kunós |
τοῖν κῠνοῖν toîn kunoîn |
τῶν κῠνῶν tôn kunôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ κῠνῐ́ tôi, têi kuní |
τοῖν κῠνοῖν toîn kunoîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς κῠσῐ́ / κῠσῐ́ν / κῠ́νεσσῐ toîs, taîs kusí / kusín / kúnessi | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν κῠ́νᾰ tòn, tḕn kúna |
τὼ κῠ́νε tṑ kúne |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κῠ́νᾰς toùs, tā̀s kúnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́ον / κῠ́ων kúon / kúōn |
κῠ́νε kúne |
κῠ́νες kúnes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κύων”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 811
Further reading
[edit]- “κύων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κύων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- κύων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κύων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2965 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
[edit]κύων • (kúōn) m (feminine κύουσᾰ, neuter κύον); first/third declension
- present active participle of κύω (kúō)
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κῠ́ων kúōn |
κῠ́ουσᾰ kúousa |
κῠ́ον kúon |
κῠ́οντε kúonte |
κῠούσᾱ kuoúsā |
κῠ́οντε kúonte |
κῠ́οντες kúontes |
κῠ́ουσαι kúousai |
κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta | |||||
Genitive | κῠ́οντος kúontos |
κῠούσης kuoúsēs |
κῠ́οντος kúontos |
κῠόντοιν kuóntoin |
κῠούσαιν kuoúsain |
κῠόντοιν kuóntoin |
κῠόντων kuóntōn |
κῠουσῶν kuousôn |
κῠόντων kuóntōn | |||||
Dative | κῠ́οντῐ kúonti |
κῠούσῃ kuoúsēi |
κῠ́οντῐ kúonti |
κῠόντοιν kuóntoin |
κῠούσαιν kuoúsain |
κῠόντοιν kuóntoin |
κῠ́ουσῐ / κῠ́ουσῐν kúousi(n) |
κῠούσαις kuoúsais |
κῠ́ουσῐ / κῠ́ουσῐν kúousi(n) | |||||
Accusative | κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta |
κῠ́ουσᾰν kúousan |
κῠ́ον kúon |
κῠ́οντε kúonte |
κῠούσᾱ kuoúsā |
κῠ́οντε kúonte |
κῠ́οντᾰς kúontas |
κῠούσᾱς kuoúsās |
κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta | |||||
Vocative | κῠ́ων kúōn |
κῠ́ουσᾰ kúousa |
κῠ́ον kúon |
κῠ́οντε kúonte |
κῠούσᾱ kuoúsā |
κῠ́οντε kúonte |
κῠ́οντες kúontes |
κῠ́ουσαι kúousai |
κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κῠόντως kuóntōs |
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