χλούνης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown, but perhaps contracted form χλοεύνης, see also the definition below.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰlǔː.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰlu.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxlu.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxlu.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxlu.nis/
Noun
χλούνης • (khloúnēs) m (genitive χλούνου); first declension
- A wild boar described as τομίας (tomías, “castrated”), μονιός (moniós, “solitary”), ἀφριστής (aphristḗs, “foaming at the mouth”) and χλοεύνης (khloeúnēs, “couching in the grass”)
Inflection
First declension of ὁ χλούνης; τοῦ χλούνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χλούνης ho khloúnēs | τὼ χλούνᾱ tṑ khloúnā | οἱ χλοῦναι hoi khloûnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χλούνου toû khloúnou | τοῖν χλούναιν toîn khloúnain | τῶν χλουνῶν tôn khlounôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χλούνῃ tôi khloúnēi | τοῖν χλούναιν toîn khloúnain | τοῖς χλούναις toîs khloúnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χλούνην tòn khloúnēn | τὼ χλούνᾱ tṑ khloúnā | τοὺς χλούνᾱς toùs khloúnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | χλούνη khloúnē | χλούνᾱ khloúnā | χλοῦναι khloûnai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χλούνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN