κασίγνητος

κασίγνητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάσις (kásis, “brother, sister”) (see καί (kaí)) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.sí.ɡnɛː.tos/ → /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/ → /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.sí.ɡnɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɡne̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/

Noun

κᾰσίγνητος • (kasígnētos) m or f (genitive κᾰσιγνήτου); second declension

1. (masculine) brother

   Synonyms: ἀδελφός (adelphós), κάσις (kásis)

2. (feminine) sister

   Synonyms: ἀδελφή (adelphḗ), κάσις (kásis), κασιγνήτη (kasignḗtē)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κᾰσίγνητος; τοῦ, τῆς κᾰσιγνήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ κᾰσίγνητος ho, hē kasígnētos	τὼ κᾰσιγνήτω tṑ kasignḗtō	οἱ, αἱ κᾰσίγνητοι hoi, hai kasígnētoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς κᾰσιγνήτου toû, tês kasignḗtou	τοῖν κᾰσιγνήτοιν toîn kasignḗtoin	τῶν κᾰσιγνήτων tôn kasignḗtōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ κᾰσιγνήτῳ tôi, têi kasignḗtōi	τοῖν κᾰσιγνήτοιν toîn kasignḗtoin	τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰσιγνήτοις toîs, taîs kasignḗtois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν κᾰσίγνητον tòn, tḕn kasígnēton	τὼ κᾰσιγνήτω tṑ kasignḗtō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰσιγνήτους toùs, tā̀s kasignḗtous
Vocative	κᾰσίγνητε kasígnēte	κᾰσιγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσίγνητοι kasígnētoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of κᾰσίγνητος; κᾰσιγνήτου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κᾰσίγνητος kasígnētos	κᾰσιγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσίγνητοι kasígnētoi
Genitive	κᾰσιγνήτου / κᾰσιγνητοῖο / κᾰσιγνήτοιο / κᾰσιγνητόο / κᾰσιγνήτοο kasignḗtou / kasignētoîo / kasignḗtoio / kasignētóo / kasignḗtoo	κᾰσιγνήτοιῐν kasignḗtoiin	κᾰσιγνήτων kasignḗtōn
Dative	κᾰσιγνήτῳ kasignḗtōi	κᾰσιγνήτοιῐν kasignḗtoiin	κᾰσιγνήτοισῐ / κᾰσιγνήτοισῐν / κᾰσιγνήτοις kasignḗtoisi(n) / kasignḗtois
Accusative	κᾰσίγνητον kasígnēton	κᾰσιγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσιγνήτους kasignḗtous
Vocative	κᾰσίγνητε kasígnēte	κᾰσιγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσίγνητοι kasígnētoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Coordinate terms

• κασιγνήτη (kasignḗtē)

Further reading

• “κασίγνητος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κασίγνητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κασίγνητος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κασίγνητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κασίγνητος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brother idem, page 101.
  • sister idem, page 779.