κυνηγέτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κŭνᾱγέτᾱς (kŭnāgétās) — Doric
Etymology
From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”)) + ἡγέτης (hēgétēs, “leader”) (ultimately from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.nɛː.ɡé.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.ne̝ˈɡe.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.niˈʝe.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.niˈʝe.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.niˈʝe.tis/
Noun
κῠνηγέτης • (kŭnēgétēs) m (genitive κῠνηγέτου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κῠνηγέτης ho kŭnēgétēs |
τὼ κῠνηγέτᾱ tṑ kŭnēgétā |
οἱ κῠνηγέται hoi kŭnēgétai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠνηγέτου toû kŭnēgétou |
τοῖν κῠνηγέταιν toîn kŭnēgétain |
τῶν κῠνηγετῶν tôn kŭnēgetôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠνηγέτῃ tōî kŭnēgétēi |
τοῖν κῠνηγέταιν toîn kŭnēgétain |
τοῖς κῠνηγέταις toîs kŭnēgétais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κῠνηγέτην tòn kŭnēgétēn |
τὼ κῠνηγέτᾱ tṑ kŭnēgétā |
τοὺς κῠνηγέτᾱς toùs kŭnēgétās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠνηγέτᾰ kŭnēgétă |
κῠνηγέτᾱ kŭnēgétā |
κῠνηγέται kŭnēgétai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κῠνηγετῐκός (kŭnēgetĭkós)
Further reading
- “κυνηγέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κυνηγέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κυνηγέτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963