κυνάγχη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “strangle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.náŋ.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈnaŋ.kʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈnaɲ.çi/
Noun
κῠνᾰ́γχη • (kunánkhē) f (genitive κῠνᾰ́γχης); first declension
- tonsilitis
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.22
- Ant.Lib. 23.2
- sore throat, an inflammation of the larynx
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Ancient Medicine 19
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 23
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 3.16
- 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 3.7
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 8.248
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 17.706
- dog collar
- Synonyms: κλοιός (kloiós), κυνοῦχος (kunoûkhos)
- Palatine Anthology 6.34
- pillory
- AD 5th C., Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
Declension
First declension of ἡ κῠνᾰ́γχη; τῆς κῠνᾰ́γχης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κῠνᾰ́γχη hē kunánkhē | τὼ κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ tṑ kunánkhā | αἱ κῠνᾰ́γχαι hai kunánkhai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κῠνᾰ́γχης tês kunánkhēs | τοῖν κῠνᾰ́γχαιν toîn kunánkhain | τῶν κῠνᾰγχῶν tôn kunankhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κῠνᾰ́γχῃ têi kunánkhēi | τοῖν κῠνᾰ́γχαιν toîn kunánkhain | ταῖς κῠνᾰ́γχαις taîs kunánkhais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κῠνᾰ́γχην tḕn kunánkhēn | τὼ κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ tṑ kunánkhā | τᾱ̀ς κῠνᾰ́γχᾱς tā̀s kunánkhās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠνᾰ́γχη kunánkhē | κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ kunánkhā | κῠνᾰ́γχαι kunánkhai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κυνάγχη (kynánchi)
- Latin: cynanchē (Late Latin), quinancia (Mediaeval Latin)
References
- “κυνάγχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press