Κυνοσούρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”) + οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.no.sǔː.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.noˈsu.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.noˈsu.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.noˈsu.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.noˈsu.ra/
Proper noun
Κῠνοσούρᾱ • (Kunosoúrā) m (genitive Κῠνοσούρᾱς); first declension
- Cynosura
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Κῠνοσούρᾱ; τῆς Κῠνοσούρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Κῠνοσούρᾱ hē Kunosoúrā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Κῠνοσούρᾱς tês Kunosoúrās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Κῠνοσούρᾳ têi Kunosoúrāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Κῠνοσούρᾱν tḕn Kunosoúrān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κῠνοσούρᾱ Kunosoúrā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Κυνοσούρα (Kynosoúra)
- Latin: Cynosūra
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007