κτήνος
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See also: κτῆνος
Greek
Alternative forms
- χτήνος n (chtínos)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κτῆνος (ktênos, “domestic animal; beast, ox or sheep”).
Noun
κτήνος • (ktínos) n (plural κτήνη)
- domestic animal, farm animal, beast
- beast, animal, mammal
- Synonym: ζώο (zóo)
- (figuratively) wild person, brute, beast
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κτήνος (ktínos) | κτήνη (ktíni) |
| genitive | κτήνους (ktínous) | κτηνών (ktinón) |
| accusative | κτήνος (ktínos) | κτήνη (ktíni) |
| vocative | κτήνος (ktínos) | κτήνη (ktíni) |
Related terms
- αρχικτηνίατρος m or f (archiktiníatros, “chief vet”)
- κτηνάνθρωπος m (ktinánthropos, “brutishman”)
- κτηνίατρος m or f (ktiníatros, “vet”)
- κτηνοβασία f (ktinovasía, “beastiality”)
- κτηνοβάτης m (ktinovátis, “bestialist”)
- κτηνοβατώ (ktinovató, “I engage in bestiality”)
- κτήνος (ktínos, “beast,animal”)
- κτηνοτροφία f (ktinotrofía, “husbandry”)
- κτηνοτρόφος m or f (ktinotrófos, “stockman”)
- κτηνώδης (ktinódis, “animallike,brutish”, adjective)
- and see: αποκτηνώνω (apoktinóno, “to brutalise”)
Further reading
Ζώο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- κτήνος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
