κυνίδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κῠ́ων (kŭ́ōn, stem: κῠν- (kŭn-)) + -ῐ́δῐον (-ĭ́dĭon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.ní.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈni.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈni.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈni.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈni.ði.on/
Noun
κῠνῐ́δῐον • (kŭnĭ́dĭon) n (genitive κῠνῐδῐ́ου); second declension
- a little dog, a puppy
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κῠνῐ́δῐον tò kŭnĭ́dĭon |
τὼ κῠνῐδῐ́ω tṑ kŭnĭdĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κῠνῐ́δῐᾰ tằ kŭnĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠνῐδῐ́ου toû kŭnĭdĭ́ou |
τοῖν κῠνῐδῐ́οιν toîn kŭnĭdĭ́oin |
τῶν κῠνῐδῐ́ων tôn kŭnĭdĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠνῐδῐ́ῳ tōî kŭnĭdĭ́ōi |
τοῖν κῠνῐδῐ́οιν toîn kŭnĭdĭ́oin |
τοῖς κῠνῐδῐ́οις toîs kŭnĭdĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κῠνῐ́δῐον tò kŭnĭ́dĭon |
τὼ κῠνῐδῐ́ω tṑ kŭnĭdĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κῠνῐ́δῐᾰ tằ kŭnĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠνῐ́δῐον kŭnĭ́dĭon |
κῠνῐδῐ́ω kŭnĭdĭ́ō |
κῠνῐ́δῐᾰ kŭnĭ́dĭă | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (little dog, puppy): κῠνάριον (kŭnárion), σκύλαξ (skúlax)
References
- “κῠνίδιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press