κινώπετον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κινωπηστής (kinōpēstḗs)

Etymology

Ending like in ἑρπετόν (herpetón) and δακετόν (daketón). Probably related to κνώψ (knṓps, “venomous animal”). The vocalism points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.nɔ̌ː.pe.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kiˈno.pe.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pe.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pe.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈno.pe.ton/

Noun

κῐνώπετον • (kinṓpeton) n (genitive κῐνωπέτου); second declension

venomous beast, especially a snake

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κῐνώπετον; τοῦ κῐνωπέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῐνώπετον tò kinṓpeton	τὼ κῐνωπέτω tṑ kinōpétō	τᾰ̀ κῐνώπετᾰ tà kinṓpeta
Genitive	τοῦ κῐνωπέτου toû kinōpétou	τοῖν κῐνωπέτοιν toîn kinōpétoin	τῶν κῐνωπέτων tôn kinōpétōn
Dative	τῷ κῐνωπέτῳ tôi kinōpétōi	τοῖν κῐνωπέτοιν toîn kinōpétoin	τοῖς κῐνωπέτοις toîs kinōpétois
Accusative	τὸ κῐνώπετον tò kinṓpeton	τὼ κῐνωπέτω tṑ kinōpétō	τᾰ̀ κῐνώπετᾰ tà kinṓpeta
Vocative	κῐνώπετον kinṓpeton	κῐνωπέτω kinōpétō	κῐνώπετᾰ kinṓpeta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“κινώπετον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κινώπετον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette