Κύρνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýr.nos/ → /ˈcyr.nos/ → /ˈcir.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýr.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkyr.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyr.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyr.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.nos/

Proper noun

Κῠ́ρνος • (Kúrnos) f (genitive Κῠ́ρνου); second declension

1. Corsica

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κῠ́ρνος; τῆς Κῠ́ρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῠ́ρνος hē Kúrnos
Genitive	τῆς Κῠ́ρνου tês Kúrnou
Dative	τῇ Κῠ́ρνῳ têi Kúrnōi
Accusative	τὴν Κῠ́ρνον tḕn Kúrnon
Vocative	Κῠ́ρνε Kúrne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῠ́ρνῐος (Kúrnios)

Descendants

The modern Greek name for Corsica is Κορσική (Korsikí).

• Greek: Κύρνος (Kýrnos)
• Latin: Cyrnus

References

• “Κύρνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κύρνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007