ἀλκυών

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Unknown. Often incorrectly derived from ἅλς (hals, “salt”) + κυέω (kueō, “I conceive”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /alkyɔ͜ɔ́n/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /alkyóːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /alkyón/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /alcyón/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /alción/

Noun

ἀλκυών (genitive ἀλκυόνος) f, third declension; (alkuōn)

1. kingfisher, halcyon

Inflection

Third declension of ἀλκυών, ἀλκυόνος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλκυών	τὼ ἀλκυόνε	αἱ ἀλκυόνες
Genitive	τῆς ἀλκυόνος	τοῖν ἀλκυόνοιν	τῶν ἀλκυόνων
Dative	τῇ ἀλκυόνῐ	τοῖν ἀλκυόνοιν	ταῖς ἀλκυοῦσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν ἀλκυόνᾰ	τὼ ἀλκυόνε	τὰς ἀλκυόνᾰς
Vocative	ἀλκυών	ἀλκυόνε	ἀλκυόνες

References

• LSJ