Κύρνος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kýr.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkyr.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcyr.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcyr.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcir.nos/
Proper noun
Κῠ́ρνος • (Kúrnos) f (genitive Κῠ́ρνου); second declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- Κῠ́ρνῐος (Kúrnios)
Descendants
The modern Greek name for Corsica is Κορσική (Korsikí).
References
- “Κύρνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κύρνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007