κύων
Ancient Greek
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ὁ κύων ὑλακτεῖ· βαύ, βαύ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.on/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Cognates include Latin canis, Sanskrit श्वन् (śván) and Old English hund (English hound). The final -ν (-n) in the nominative singular which was absent in *ḱwṓ was restored in Greek by analogy to other forms in the paradigm.
Noun
κῠ́ων • (kúōn) m or f (genitive κῠνός); third declension
- a dog
- a bitch
- (derogatory) a bitch (used of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity)
- an offensive person
Declension
Third declension of ὁ, ἡ κῠ́ων; τοῦ, τῆς κῠνός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ κῠ́ων ho, hē kúōn | τὼ κῠ́νε tṑ kúne | οἱ, αἱ κῠ́νες hoi, hai kúnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς κῠνός toû, tês kunós | τοῖν κῠνοῖν toîn kunoîn | τῶν κῠνῶν tôn kunôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ κῠνῐ́ tôi, têi kuní | τοῖν κῠνοῖν toîn kunoîn | τοῖς, ταῖς κῠσῐ́ / κῠσῐ́ν / κῠ́νεσσῐ toîs, taîs kusí / kusín / kúnessi | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν κῠ́νᾰ tòn, tḕn kúna | τὼ κῠ́νε tṑ kúne | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κῠ́νᾰς toùs, tā̀s kúnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́ον / κῠ́ων kúon / kúōn | κῠ́νε kúne | κῠ́νες kúnes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κῠνάγχη (kunánkhē)
- κυνάς (kunás)
- κῠνέη (kunéē)
- κύνειος (kúneios)
- κύνεος (kúneos)
- κῠνίδιον (kunídion)
- κῠνικός (kunikós)
- κῠνόγλωσσον (kunóglōsson)
- κῠνοδέσμη (kunodésmē)
- κῠνόδους (kunódous)
- κῠνόμαζον (kunómazon)
- κυνοῦχος (kunoûkhos)
- κῠνοχᾰ́λκη (kunokhálkē)
- κύντερος (kúnteros)
Descendants
- Greek: κύων (kýon)
- Tsakonian: κούε (kúe)
Further reading
- “κύων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κύων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- κύων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κύων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2965 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bitch idem, page 80.
- dog idem, page 246.
- dog-star idem, page 246.
- hound idem, page 408.
- mastiff idem, page 517.
- monster idem, page 539.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
κύων • (kúōn) m (feminine κύουσᾰ, neuter κύον); first/third declension
- present active infinitive of κύω (kúō)
Declension
First and third declension of κῠ́ων; κῠ́ουσᾰ; κῠ́ον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κῠ́ων kúōn | κῠ́ουσᾰ kúousa | κῠ́ον kúon | κῠ́οντε kúonte | κῠούσᾱ kuoúsā | κῠ́οντε kúonte | κῠ́οντες kúontes | κῠ́ουσαι kúousai | κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta | |||||
Genitive | κῠ́οντος kúontos | κῠούσης kuoúsēs | κῠ́οντος kúontos | κῠόντοιν kuóntoin | κῠούσαιν kuoúsain | κῠόντοιν kuóntoin | κῠόντων kuóntōn | κῠουσῶν kuousôn | κῠόντων kuóntōn | |||||
Dative | κῠ́οντῐ kúonti | κῠούσῃ kuoúsēi | κῠ́οντῐ kúonti | κῠόντοιν kuóntoin | κῠούσαιν kuoúsain | κῠόντοιν kuóntoin | κῠ́ουσῐ / κῠ́ουσῐν kúousi(n) | κῠούσαις kuoúsais | κῠ́ουσῐ / κῠ́ουσῐν kúousi(n) | |||||
Accusative | κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta | κῠ́ουσᾰν kúousan | κῠ́ον kúon | κῠ́οντε kúonte | κῠούσᾱ kuoúsā | κῠ́οντε kúonte | κῠ́οντᾰς kúontas | κῠούσᾱς kuoúsās | κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta | |||||
Vocative | κῠ́ων kúōn | κῠ́ουσᾰ kúousa | κῠ́ον kúon | κῠ́οντε kúonte | κῠούσᾱ kuoúsā | κῠ́οντε kúonte | κῠ́οντες kúontes | κῠ́ουσαι kúousai | κῠ́οντᾰ kúonta | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κῠόντως kuóntōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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