κυανοχαίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κύανος (kúanos, “dark blue”) +‎ χαίτη (khaítē, “hair”) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.a.no.kʰǎi̯.tɛːs/ → /cy.a.noˈçɛ.tis/ → /ci.a.noˈçe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.a.no.kʰǎi̯.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.a.noˈkʰɛ.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.a.noˈçɛ.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.a.noˈçe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.a.noˈçe.tis/

Adjective

κῠανοχαίτης • (kuanokhaítēs) m; second declension

1. (chiefly Epic) dark-haired

Declension

Found only in the masculine singular. The vocative κῠανοχαῖτᾰ (kuanokhaîta) is also found used as the nominative.

First declension of κῠανοχαίτης; κῠανοχαίτᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	κῠανοχαίτης / κῠανοχαῖτᾰ kuanokhaítēs / kuanokhaîta
Genitive	κῠανοχαίτᾱο / κῠανοχαίτε͜ω / κῠανοχαίτω kuanokhaítāo / kuanokhaíte͜ō / kuanokhaítō
Dative	κῠανοχαίτῃ kuanokhaítēi
Accusative	κῠανοχαίτην kuanokhaítēn
Vocative	κῠανοχαῖτᾰ kuanokhaîta
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “κυανοχαίτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κυανοχαίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κυανοχαίτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κυανοχαίτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κυανοχαίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press