κυνέη

κυνέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κυνῆ (kunê) – Attic
• κυνίᾱ (kuníā) – Aeolic

Etymology

From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) as such helmets were originally made of dog skin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.né.ɛː/ → /cyˈne.i/ → /ciˈne.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.né.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈne.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈne.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈne.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈne.i/

Noun

κῠνέη • (kunéē) f (genitive κῠνέης); first declension (Epic, Ionic)

1. leather helmet for soldiers

Declension

First declension of κῠνέη; κῠνέης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κῠνέη kunéē	κῠνέᾱ kunéā	κῠνέαι kunéai
Genitive	κῠνέης kunéēs	κῠνέαιν / κῠνέαιῐν / κῠνέῃῐν kunéai(i)n / kunéēiin	κῠνεᾱ́ων / κῠνεέ͜ων / κῠνεῶν kuneā́ōn / kuneé͜ōn / kuneôn
Dative	κῠνέῃ kunéēi	κῠνέαιν / κῠνέαιῐν / κῠνέῃῐν kunéai(i)n / kunéēiin	κῠνέῃσῐ / κῠνέῃσῐν / κῠνέῃς / κῠνέαις kunéēisi(n) / kunéēis / kunéais
Accusative	κῠνέην kunéēn	κῠνέᾱ kunéā	κῠνέᾱς kunéās
Vocative	κῠνέη kunéē	κῠνέᾱ kunéā	κῠνέαι kunéai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “κυνέη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κυνέη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κυνέη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press