κυνάγχη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
κῠ́ων (kŭ́ōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “strangle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.náŋ.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈnaŋ.kʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈnaɲ.çi/
Noun
κῠνᾰ́γχη • (kŭnắnkhē) f (genitive κῠνᾰ́γχης); first declension
- tonsilitis
- Ant.Lib. 23.2
- sore throat, an inflammation of the larynx
- dog collar
- Palatine Anthology 6.34
- pillory
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κῠνᾰ́γχη hē kŭnắnkhē |
τὼ κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ tṑ kŭnắnkhā |
αἱ κῠνᾰ́γχαι hai kŭnắnkhai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κῠνᾰ́γχης tês kŭnắnkhēs |
τοῖν κῠνᾰ́γχαιν toîn kŭnắnkhain |
τῶν κῠνᾰγχῶν tôn kŭnănkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κῠνᾰ́γχῃ tēî kŭnắnkhēi |
τοῖν κῠνᾰ́γχαιν toîn kŭnắnkhain |
ταῖς κῠνᾰ́γχαις taîs kŭnắnkhais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κῠνᾰ́γχην tḕn kŭnắnkhēn |
τὼ κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ tṑ kŭnắnkhā |
τᾱ̀ς κῠνᾰ́γχᾱς tā̀s kŭnắnkhās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠνᾰ́γχη kŭnắnkhē |
κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ kŭnắnkhā |
κῠνᾰ́γχαι kŭnắnkhai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κυνάγχη (kynánchi)
- → Late Latin: cynanchē
- English: cynanche
- → Medieval Latin: quinancia
- Old French: quinencie
- ⇒ Old French: esquinance
- Middle French: esquinancie
- → English: squinance, squinancy
- → Irish: scinansi (obsolete)
- Irish: sceith aincise (by folk etymology)
- → Irish: scinansi (obsolete)
- French: esquinancie
- → Italian: squinanzia
- Norman: stchinnancie
- → English: squinance, squinancy
- Middle French: esquinancie
References
- “κυνάγχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press