ἴκνυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἴγνυς (ígnus)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variation proves a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.knys/ → /ˈi.knys/ → /ˈi.knis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.knys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knis/

Noun

ἴκνῠς • (íknŭs) f (genitive ἴκνῠος); third declension

1. dust or ashes

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῐ̓́κνῠς; τῆς ῐ̓́κνῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓́κνῠς hē ĭ́knŭs	τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε tṑ ĭ́knŭe	αἱ ῐ̓́κνῠες hai ĭ́knŭes
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓́κνῠος tês ĭ́knŭos	τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν toîn ĭknŭ́oin	τῶν ῐ̓κνῠ́ων tôn ĭknŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓́κνῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́κνυι têi ĭ́knŭĭ̈ / ĭ́knui	τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν toîn ĭknŭ́oin	ταῖς ῐ̓́κνῠσῐ / ῐ̓́κνῠσῐν taîs ĭ́knŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓́κνῠν tḕn ĭ́knŭn	τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε tṑ ĭ́knŭe	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́κνῡς / ῐ̓́κνῠᾰς tā̀s ĭ́knūs / ĭ́knŭăs
Vocative	ῐ̓́κνῠ ĭ́knŭ	ῐ̓́κνῠε ĭ́knŭe	ῐ̓́κνῠες ĭ́knŭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴκνυς”, 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