Κῦνος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kŷː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.nos/
Proper noun
Κῦνος • (Kûnos) f (genitive Κῡ́νου); second declension
Inflection
Descendants
- Latin: Cynus
Further reading
- Κῦνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “Κῦνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers