κυνέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κυνῆ (kunê) — Attic
  • κυνίᾱ (kuníā) — Aeolic

Etymology

From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) as such helmets were originally made of dog skin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῠνέη • (kŭnéē) f (genitive κῠνέης); first declension (Epic, Ionic)

  1. leather helmet for soldiers

Declension

First declension of κῠνέη; κῠνέης (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κῠνέη
kŭnéē 		κῠνέᾱ
kŭnéā 		κῠνέαι
kŭnéai
Genitive κῠνέης
kŭnéēs 		κῠνέαιν / κῠνέαιῐν / κῠνέῃῐν
kŭnéai(ĭ)n / kŭnéēiĭn 		κῠνεᾱ́ων / κῠνεέ͜ων / κῠνεῶν
kŭneā́ōn / kŭneé͜ōn / kŭneôn
Dative κῠνέῃ
kŭnéēi 		κῠνέαιν / κῠνέαιῐν / κῠνέῃῐν
kŭnéai(ĭ)n / kŭnéēiĭn 		κῠνέῃσῐ / κῠνέῃσῐν / κῠνέῃς / κῠνέαις
kŭnéēisĭ(n) / kŭnéēis / kŭnéais
Accusative κῠνέην
kŭnéēn 		κῠνέᾱ
kŭnéā 		κῠνέᾱς
kŭnéās
Vocative κῠνέη
kŭnéē 		κῠνέᾱ
kŭnéā 		κῠνέαι
kŭnéai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

  • “κυνέη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κυνέη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “κυνέη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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