κυνοχάλκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κῠ́ων (kŭ́ōn, “dog”) + χάλκη (khálkē, “murex; purple dye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.nokʰ.kʰál.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.nokˈkʰal.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.nokˈxal.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.nokˈxal.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.nokˈxal.ci/
Noun
κῠνοχᾰ́λκη • (kŭnokhắlkē) f (genitive κῠνοχᾰ́λκης); first declension
- knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
- Synonyms: πολῠ́γονον (polŭ́gonon), χῑλῐόφῠλλος (khīlĭóphŭllos)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκη hē kŭnokkhắlkē |
τὼ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱ tṑ kŭnokkhắlkā |
αἱ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαι hai kŭnokkhắlkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κῠνοκχᾰ́λκης tês kŭnokkhắlkēs |
τοῖν κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαιν toîn kŭnokkhắlkain |
τῶν κῠνοκχᾰλκῶν tôn kŭnokkhălkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκῃ tēî kŭnokkhắlkēi |
τοῖν κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαιν toîn kŭnokkhắlkain |
ταῖς κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαις taîs kŭnokkhắlkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κῠνοκχᾰ́λκην tḕn kŭnokkhắlkēn |
τὼ κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱ tṑ kŭnokkhắlkā |
τᾱ̀ς κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱς tā̀s kŭnokkhắlkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠνοκχᾰ́λκη kŭnokkhắlkē |
κῠνοκχᾰ́λκᾱ kŭnokkhắlkā |
κῠνοκχᾰ́λκαι kŭnokkhắlkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κυνοχάλκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κυνοχάλκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette