ἀπόκυνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) +‎ κύων (kúōn, “dog”); literally "dog away". So called because the plant is toxic to dogs.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.ky.non/ → /aˈpo.cy.non/ → /aˈpo.ci.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.ky.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ky.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.cy.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.cy.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ci.non/

Noun

ἀπόκυνον • (apókunon) n (genitive ἀποκύνου); second declension

1. dogbane (Cionura erecta)
2. poisoned cake for dogs

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀπόκυνον; τοῦ ἀποκύνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀπόκυνον tò apókunon	τὼ ἀποκύνω tṑ apokúnō	τᾰ̀ ἀπόκυνᾰ tà apókuna
Genitive	τοῦ ἀποκύνου toû apokúnou	τοῖν ἀποκύνοιν toîn apokúnoin	τῶν ἀποκύνων tôn apokúnōn
Dative	τῷ ἀποκύνῳ tôi apokúnōi	τοῖν ἀποκύνοιν toîn apokúnoin	τοῖς ἀποκύνοις toîs apokúnois
Accusative	τὸ ἀπόκυνον tò apókunon	τὼ ἀποκύνω tṑ apokúnō	τᾰ̀ ἀπόκυνᾰ tà apókuna
Vocative	ἀπόκυνον apókunon	ἀποκύνω apokúnō	ἀπόκυνᾰ apókuna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: apocynon
  • → Translingual: Apocynum

References

• “ἀπόκυνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπόκυνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπόκυνον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)