ἀπόκυνον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”); literally "dog away". So called because the plant is toxic to dogs.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pó.ky.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ky.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.cy.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpo.cy.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ci.non/
Noun
ἀπόκυνον • (apókunon) n (genitive ἀποκύνου); second declension
- dogbane (Cionura erecta)
- poisoned cake for dogs
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀπόκυνον; τοῦ ἀποκύνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀπόκυνον tò apókunon | τὼ ἀποκύνω tṑ apokúnō | τᾰ̀ ἀπόκυνᾰ tà apókuna | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀποκύνου toû apokúnou | τοῖν ἀποκύνοιν toîn apokúnoin | τῶν ἀποκύνων tôn apokúnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀποκύνῳ tôi apokúnōi | τοῖν ἀποκύνοιν toîn apokúnoin | τοῖς ἀποκύνοις toîs apokúnois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀπόκυνον tò apókunon | τὼ ἀποκύνω tṑ apokúnō | τᾰ̀ ἀπόκυνᾰ tà apókuna | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀπόκυνον apókunon | ἀποκύνω apokúnō | ἀπόκυνᾰ apókuna | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: apocynon
- → Translingual: Apocynum
References
- “ἀπόκυνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπόκυνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀπόκυνον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)