Κυνικός
See also: κυνικός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom κῠνῐκός (kunikós, “doglike”). It is uncertain whether the followers of Antisthenes were called this because of the gymnasium where he taught (Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges)), from the coarse, filthy mode mode of life, or some other reason.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.ni.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.niˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.niˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.niˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.niˈkos/
Noun
editΚῠνῐκός • (Kunikós) m (genitive Κῠνῐκοῦ); second declension
- a Cynic
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κῠνῐκός ho Kunikós |
τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kunikṓ |
οἱ Κῠνῐκοί hoi Kunikoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κῠνῐκοῦ toû Kunikoû |
τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kunikoîn |
τῶν Κῠνῐκῶν tôn Kunikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κῠνῐκῷ tôi Kunikôi |
τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kunikoîn |
τοῖς Κῠνῐκοῖς toîs Kunikoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κῠνῐκόν tòn Kunikón |
τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kunikṓ |
τοὺς Κῠνῐκούς toùs Kunikoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κῠνῐκέ Kuniké |
Κῠνῐκώ Kunikṓ |
Κῠνῐκοί Kunikoí | ||||||||||
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References
edit- “κυνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press