γνύθος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γνυθός (gnuthós)
Etymology
The formation can be compared with βάθος (báthos) and βυθός (buthós). The word has been compared with γνυφαί (gnuphaí, “vales, dells”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin, like in σκύφος (skúphos)/σκύθος (skúthos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡný.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡny.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣny.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣny.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣni.θos/
Noun
γνῠ́θος • (gnúthos) n (genitive γνῠ́θεος); third declension
- pit, hollow
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ γνῠ́θος; τοῦ γνῠ́θεος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ γνῠ́θος tò gnúthos | τὼ γνῠ́θεε tṑ gnúthee | τᾰ̀ γνῠ́θεᾰ tà gnúthea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γνῠ́θεος toû gnútheos | τοῖν γνῠθέοιν toîn gnuthéoin | τῶν γνῠθέων tôn gnuthéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γνῠ́θεῐ̈ tôi gnútheï | τοῖν γνῠθέοιν toîn gnuthéoin | τοῖς γνῠ́θεσῐ / γνῠ́θεσῐν toîs gnúthesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ γνῠ́θος tò gnúthos | τὼ γνῠ́θεε tṑ gnúthee | τᾰ̀ γνῠ́θεᾰ tà gnúthea | ||||||||||
Vocative | γνῠ́θος gnúthos | γνῠ́θεε gnúthee | γνῠ́θεᾰ gnúthea | ||||||||||
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References
- γνύθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γνύθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γνύθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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