Κυνὸς Σῆμα

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Ancient Greek

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Battle of Cynossema

Etymology

From κῠνός (kunós, genitive of κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”)) +‎ σῆμᾰ (sêma, “mark”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nòs sɛ̂ː.ma/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈnos ˈse̝.ma/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnos ˈsi.ma/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnos ˈsi.ma/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈnos ˈsi.ma/

Proper noun

Κῠνὸς Σῆμᾰ • (Kunòs Sêma) n (genitive Κῠνὸς Σήμᾰτος); third declension

Cynossema, a location on the Gallipoli peninsula near which the Battle of Cynossema was fought

Inflection

See the inflection of κῠ́ων (kúōn) and σῆμᾰ (sêma).

Descendants

Greek: Κυνός Σήμα (Kynós Síma)
Latin: Cynossēma

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

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