κώνωψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes dismisses a derivation from κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) and ὤψ (ṓps, “face”) and prefers to derive it from Pre-Greek. Compare, however, Egyptian ḫnws, ḫnms (“a kind of stinging insect”), which has also been suggested as a source.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.nɔːps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nops/

Noun

κώνωψ • (kṓnōps) m (genitive κώνωπος); third declension

gnat, mosquito
Synonym: ἐμπίς (empís)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κώνωψ; τοῦ κώνωπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κώνωψ ho kṓnōps	τὼ κώνωπε tṑ kṓnōpe	οἱ κώνωπες hoi kṓnōpes
Genitive	τοῦ κώνωπος toû kṓnōpos	τοῖν κωνώποιν toîn kōnṓpoin	τῶν κωνώπων tôn kōnṓpōn
Dative	τῷ κώνωπῐ tōî kṓnōpĭ	τοῖν κωνώποιν toîn kōnṓpoin	τοῖς κώνωψῐ / κώνωψῐν toîs kṓnōpsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κώνωπᾰ tòn kṓnōpă	τὼ κώνωπε tṑ kṓnōpe	τοὺς κώνωπᾰς toùs kṓnōpăs
Vocative	κώνωψ kṓnōps	κώνωπε kṓnōpe	κώνωπες kṓnōpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon)
κωνωποειδής (kōnōpoeidḗs)
κωνωποθήρας (kōnōpothḗras)
κωνωποσφράντης (kōnōposphrántēs)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κώνωψ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 815