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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) as such helmets were originally made of dog skin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ky.né.ɛː/ → /cyˈne.i/ → /ciˈne.i/
Noun
κῠνέη • (kunéē) f (genitive κῠνέης); first declension (Epic, Ionic)
- leather helmet for soldiers
Declension
Further reading
- “κυνέη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κυνέη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κυνέη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press