χλούνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown, but perhaps contracted form χλοεύνης, see also the definition below.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰlǔː.nɛːs/ → /ˈxlu.nis/ → /ˈxlu.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰlǔː.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰlu.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxlu.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxlu.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxlu.nis/

Noun

χλούνης • (khloúnēs) m (genitive χλούνου); first declension

1. A wild boar described as τομίας (tomías, “castrated”), μονιός (moniós, “solitary”), ἀφριστής (aphristḗs, “foaming at the mouth”) and χλοεύνης (khloeúnēs, “couching in the grass”)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ χλούνης; τοῦ χλούνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χλούνης ho khloúnēs	τὼ χλούνᾱ tṑ khloúnā	οἱ χλοῦναι hoi khloûnai
Genitive	τοῦ χλούνου toû khloúnou	τοῖν χλούναιν toîn khloúnain	τῶν χλουνῶν tôn khlounôn
Dative	τῷ χλούνῃ tôi khloúnēi	τοῖν χλούναιν toîn khloúnain	τοῖς χλούναις toîs khloúnais
Accusative	τὸν χλούνην tòn khloúnēn	τὼ χλούνᾱ tṑ khloúnā	τοὺς χλούνᾱς toùs khloúnās
Vocative	χλούνη khloúnē	χλούνᾱ khloúnā	χλοῦναι khloûnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χλούνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN