κινυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The meaning was already unclear in antiquity. The parallelism between this word and μινυρός (minurós, “complaining, whining”) is clear. Further etymology is uncertain.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.ny.rós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ki.nyˈros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.nyˈros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.nyˈros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.niˈros/

Adjective

κῐνῠρός • (kĭnŭrós) m (feminine κῐνῠρᾱ́, neuter κῐνῠρόν); first/second declension

wailing, plaintive, lamenting
Synonym: θρηνητικός (thrēnētikós)

Inflection

First and second declension of κῐνῠρός; κῐνῠρᾱ́; κῐνῠρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κῐνῠρός kĭnŭrós	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kĭnŭrā́	κῐνῠρόν kĭnŭrón	κῐνῠρώ kĭnŭrṓ	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kĭnŭrā́	κῐνῠρώ kĭnŭrṓ	κῐνῠροί kĭnŭroí	κῐνῠραί kĭnŭraí	κῐνῠρᾰ́ kĭnŭrắ
Genitive	κῐνῠροῦ kĭnŭroû	κῐνῠρᾶς kĭnŭrâs	κῐνῠροῦ kĭnŭroû	κῐνῠροῖν kĭnŭroîn	κῐνῠραῖν kĭnŭraîn	κῐνῠροῖν kĭnŭroîn	κῐνῠρῶν kĭnŭrôn	κῐνῠρῶν kĭnŭrôn	κῐνῠρῶν kĭnŭrôn
Dative	κῐνῠρῷ kĭnŭrōî	κῐνῠρᾷ kĭnŭrāî	κῐνῠρῷ kĭnŭrōî	κῐνῠροῖν kĭnŭroîn	κῐνῠραῖν kĭnŭraîn	κῐνῠροῖν kĭnŭroîn	κῐνῠροῖς kĭnŭroîs	κῐνῠραῖς kĭnŭraîs	κῐνῠροῖς kĭnŭroîs
Accusative	κῐνῠρόν kĭnŭrón	κῐνῠρᾱ́ν kĭnŭrā́n	κῐνῠρόν kĭnŭrón	κῐνῠρώ kĭnŭrṓ	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kĭnŭrā́	κῐνῠρώ kĭnŭrṓ	κῐνῠρούς kĭnŭroús	κῐνῠρᾱ́ς kĭnŭrā́s	κῐνῠρᾰ́ kĭnŭrắ
Vocative	κῐνῠρέ kĭnŭré	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kĭnŭrā́	κῐνῠρόν kĭnŭrón	κῐνῠρώ kĭnŭrṓ	κῐνῠρᾱ́ kĭnŭrā́	κῐνῠρώ kĭnŭrṓ	κῐνῠροί kĭnŭroí	κῐνῠραί kĭnŭraí	κῐνῠρᾰ́ kĭnŭrắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κῐνῠρῶς kĭnŭrôs			κῐνῠρώτερος kĭnŭrṓteros			κῐνῠρώτᾰτος kĭnŭrṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κινυρίζω (kinurízō)
κινύροομαι (kinúroomai)