κυνοκεφάλιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon, “fleawort”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.no.ke.pʰá.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.no.keˈpʰa.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.no.ceˈɸa.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.no.ceˈfa.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.no.ceˈfa.li.on/
Noun
κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον • (kunokephálion) n (genitive κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου); second declension
- calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)
- Synonyms: ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon), ἀντίρρινον (antírrhinon), βουκράνιον (boukránion), πῐθήκῐον (pithḗkion)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kunokephálion | τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kunokephalíō | τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tà kunokephália | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου toû kunokephalíou | τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kunokephalíoin | τῶν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ων tôn kunokephalíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi kunokephalíōi | τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kunokephalíoin | τοῖς κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οις toîs kunokephalíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kunokephálion | τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kunokephalíō | τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tà kunokephália | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον kunokephálion | κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω kunokephalíō | κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ kunokephália | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κυνοκεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κυνοκεφάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette