κυάνεος

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word κυάνεος. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word κυάνεος, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say κυάνεος in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word κυάνεος you have here. The definition of the word κυάνεος will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofκυάνεος, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From κῠ́ᾰνος (kúanos, dark-blue enamel) +‎ -εος (-eos).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneosm (feminine κῠᾰνέᾱ, neuter κῠᾰ́νεον); first/second declension

  1. of the color of κῠ́ᾰνος (kúanos): dark, dark-blue

Inflection

See also

Colors in Ancient Greek · χρώμᾰτᾰ (khrṓmata) (layout · text)
     λευκός (leukós)      γλαυκός (glaukós), κῐλλός (killós), πολῐός (poliós), φαιός (phaiós), χαροπός (kharopós)      ᾰ̓μαυρός (amaurós), κελαινός (kelainós), μαυρός (maurós), μέλᾱς (mélās)
             ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós); κᾰρῡ́κῐνος (karū́kinos), κόκκῐνος (kókkinos), φοινός (phoinós)              πυρρός (purrhós); ὄρφνῐνος (órphninos)              μήλινος (mḗlinos), ξᾰνθός (xanthós); ὠχρός (ōkhrós)
             πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos)              χλωρός (khlōrós)              χλωρός (khlōrós); χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās)
             κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos); γλαυκός (glaukós), κᾰλάϊνος (kaláïnos)              κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos)              κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos), ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος (huakínthinos)
             ἰόεις (ióeis), φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos), οἶνοψ (oînops)              φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos)              ῥόδινος (rhódinos), ῥοδόεις (rhodóeis)

References

  • κυάνεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κυάνεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κυάνεος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κυάνεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κυάνεος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κυάνεος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.