γνύθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γνυθός (gnuthós)

Etymology

The formation can be compared with βάθος (báthos) and βυθός (buthós). The word has been compared with γνυφαί (gnuphaí, “vales, dells”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin, like in σκύφος (skúphos)/σκύθος (skúthos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡný.tʰos/ → /ˈɣny.θos/ → /ˈɣni.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡný.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡny.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣny.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣny.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣni.θos/

Noun

γνῠ́θος • (gnúthos) n (genitive γνῠ́θεος); third declension

1. pit, hollow

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ γνῠ́θος; τοῦ γνῠ́θεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γνῠ́θος tò gnúthos	τὼ γνῠ́θεε tṑ gnúthee	τᾰ̀ γνῠ́θεᾰ tà gnúthea
Genitive	τοῦ γνῠ́θεος toû gnútheos	τοῖν γνῠθέοιν toîn gnuthéoin	τῶν γνῠθέων tôn gnuthéōn
Dative	τῷ γνῠ́θεῐ̈ tôi gnútheï	τοῖν γνῠθέοιν toîn gnuthéoin	τοῖς γνῠ́θεσῐ / γνῠ́θεσῐν toîs gnúthesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γνῠ́θος tò gnúthos	τὼ γνῠ́θεε tṑ gnúthee	τᾰ̀ γνῠ́θεᾰ tà gnúthea
Vocative	γνῠ́θος gnúthos	γνῠ́θεε gnúthee	γνῠ́θεᾰ gnúthea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γνύθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γνύθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γνύθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γνύθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280