Κυνοσούρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠ́ων (kŭ́ōn, “dog”) +‎ οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κῠνοσούρᾱ • (Kŭnosoúrā) m (genitive Κῠνοσούρᾱς); first declension

  1. Cynosura

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῠνοσούρᾱ; τῆς Κῠνοσούρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κῠνοσούρᾱ
hē Kŭnosoúrā
Genitive τῆς Κῠνοσούρᾱς
tês Kŭnosoúrās
Dative τῇ Κῠνοσούρᾳ
tēî Kŭnosoúrāi
Accusative τὴν Κῠνοσούρᾱν
tḕn Kŭnosoúrān
Vocative Κῠνοσούρᾱ
Kŭnosoúrā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Κυνοσούρα (Kynosoúra)
  • Latin: Cynosūra

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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