Κύκνος

See also: κύκνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

Pronunciation

By nature:

 

By position:

 

Proper noun

Κύκνος • (Kúknos) m (genitive Κύκνου); second declension

  1. any individual named Cycnus
  2. the constellation Cygnus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῠ́κνος; τοῦ Κῠ́κνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κῠ́κνος
ho Kŭ́knos
Genitive τοῦ Κῠ́κνου
toû Kŭ́knou
Dative τῷ Κῠ́κνῳ
tōî Kŭ́knōi
Accusative τὸν Κῠ́κνον
tòn Kŭ́knon
Vocative Κῠ́κνε
Kŭ́kne
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Κύκνος (Kýknos)
  • Latin: Cycnus, Cygnus

References

  • “Κύκνος”, 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύκνος (Kúknos)

Proper noun

Κύκνος • (Kýknos) m

  1. (astronomy) Cygnus (constellation)

Declension

Declension of Κύκνος
singular
nominative Κύκνος (Kýknos)
genitive Κύκνου (Kýknou)
accusative Κύκνο (Kýkno)
vocative Κύκνο (Kýkno)

Further reading

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