Κυνικός
See also: κυνικός
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Κῠνῐκός • (Kunikós) m (genitive Κῠνῐκοῦ); second declension
- a Cynic
Inflection edit
Case / # | 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