ἀπόκυνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) +‎ κύων (kúōn, “dog”); literally "dog away". So called because the plant is toxic to dogs.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀπόκυνον • (apókunon) n (genitive ἀποκύνου); second declension

  1. dogbane (Cionura erecta)
  2. poisoned cake for dogs

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀπόκυνον; τοῦ ἀποκύνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἀπόκυνον
tò apókunon 		τὼ ἀποκύνω
tṑ apokúnō 		τᾰ̀ ἀπόκυνᾰ
tằ apókună
Genitive τοῦ ἀποκύνου
toû apokúnou 		τοῖν ἀποκύνοιν
toîn apokúnoin 		τῶν ἀποκύνων
tôn apokúnōn
Dative τῷ ἀποκύνῳ
tōî apokúnōi 		τοῖν ἀποκύνοιν
toîn apokúnoin 		τοῖς ἀποκύνοις
toîs apokúnois
Accusative τὸ ἀπόκυνον
tò apókunon 		τὼ ἀποκύνω
tṑ apokúnō 		τᾰ̀ ἀπόκυνᾰ
tằ apókună
Vocative ἀπόκυνον
apókunon 		ἀποκύνω
apokúnō 		ἀπόκυνᾰ
apókună
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: apocynon

References

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