κυνοῦχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to bear, carry, bring”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.nûː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈnu.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈnu.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈnu.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈnu.xos/
Noun
κῠνοῦχος • (kŭnoûkhos) m (genitive κῠνούχου); second declension
- dog leash, dog collar
- calfskin sack for carrying hunting nets
- clothes-locker in the gymnasium
- purse, moneybag
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κῠνοῦχος ho kŭnoûkhos |
τὼ κῠνούχω tṑ kŭnoúkhō |
οἱ κῠνοῦχοι hoi kŭnoûkhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠνούχου toû kŭnoúkhou |
τοῖν κῠνούχοιν toîn kŭnoúkhoin |
τῶν κῠνούχων tôn kŭnoúkhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠνούχῳ tōî kŭnoúkhōi |
τοῖν κῠνούχοιν toîn kŭnoúkhoin |
τοῖς κῠνούχοις toîs kŭnoúkhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κῠνοῦχον tòn kŭnoûkhon |
τὼ κῠνούχω tṑ kŭnoúkhō |
τοὺς κῠνούχους toùs kŭnoúkhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠνοῦχε kŭnoûkhe |
κῠνούχω kŭnoúkhō |
κῠνοῦχοι kŭnoûkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κυνούχιον (kunoúkhion)
Further reading
- “κυνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κυνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κυνοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette