γουνός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γῶνος (gônos), χῶνος (khônos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word is not related to Thessalian place names Γόννος (Gónnos), Γόννοι (Gónnoi) and Γονοῦσσα (Gonoûssa), nor to γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), and is instead Pre-Greek word, in view of the variations.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡuː.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣuˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣuˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣuˈnos/

Noun

γουνός • (gounós) m (genitive γουνοῦ); second declension

fruitful land, terrace
hill, height, elevated place

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γουνός; τοῦ γουνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γουνός ho gounós	τὼ γουνώ tṑ gounṓ	οἱ γουνοί hoi gounoí
Genitive	τοῦ γουνοῦ toû gounoû	τοῖν γουνοῖν toîn gounoîn	τῶν γουνῶν tôn gounôn
Dative	τῷ γουνῷ tôi gounôi	τοῖν γουνοῖν toîn gounoîn	τοῖς γουνοῖς toîs gounoîs
Accusative	τὸν γουνόν tòn gounón	τὼ γουνώ tṑ gounṓ	τοὺς γουνούς toùs gounoús
Vocative	γουνέ gouné	γουνώ gounṓ	γουνοί gounoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Γουνεύς (Gouneús)

References

“γουνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γουνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“γουνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γουνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γουνός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN