κυνοῦχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to bear, carry, bring”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.nûː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈnu.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈnu.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈnu.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈnu.xos/
Noun
κῠνοῦχος • (kunoûkhos) m (genitive κῠνούχου); second declension
- dog leash, dog collar
- Synonyms: κλοιός (kloiós), κυνάγχη (kunánkhē)
- calfskin sack for carrying hunting nets
- clothes-locker in the gymnasium
- purse, moneybag
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κῠνοῦχος; τοῦ κῠνούχου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κῠνοῦχος ho kunoûkhos | τὼ κῠνούχω tṑ kunoúkhō | οἱ κῠνοῦχοι hoi kunoûkhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠνούχου toû kunoúkhou | τοῖν κῠνούχοιν toîn kunoúkhoin | τῶν κῠνούχων tôn kunoúkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠνούχῳ tôi kunoúkhōi | τοῖν κῠνούχοιν toîn kunoúkhoin | τοῖς κῠνούχοις toîs kunoúkhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κῠνοῦχον tòn kunoûkhon | τὼ κῠνούχω tṑ kunoúkhō | τοὺς κῠνούχους toùs kunoúkhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠνοῦχε kunoûkhe | κῠνούχω kunoúkhō | κῠνοῦχοι kunoûkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κυνούχιον (kunoúkhion)
Further reading
- “κυνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κυνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κυνοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette