κυνοκεφάλιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon, “fleawort”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.no.ke.pʰá.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.no.keˈpʰa.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.no.ceˈɸa.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.no.ceˈfa.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.no.ceˈfa.li.on/
Noun
κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον • (kŭnokephắlĭon) n (genitive κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου); second declension
- calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)
- Synonyms: ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon), ἀντίρρινον (antírrhinon), βουκράνιον (boukránion), πῐθήκῐον (pĭthḗkĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kŭnokephắlĭon |
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kŭnokephălĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ kŭnokephắlĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου toû kŭnokephălĭ́ou |
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kŭnokephălĭ́oin |
τῶν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ων tôn kŭnokephălĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ῳ tōî kŭnokephălĭ́ōi |
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kŭnokephălĭ́oin |
τοῖς κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οις toîs kŭnokephălĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kŭnokephắlĭon |
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kŭnokephălĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ kŭnokephắlĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον kŭnokephắlĭon |
κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω kŭnokephălĭ́ō |
κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ kŭnokephắlĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κυνοκεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κυνοκεφάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette