κυνοκεφάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon, “fleawort”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.no.ke.pʰá.li.on/ → /cy.no.ceˈɸa.li.on/ → /ci.no.ceˈfa.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.no.ke.pʰá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.no.keˈpʰa.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.no.ceˈɸa.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.no.ceˈfa.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.no.ceˈfa.li.on/

Noun

κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον • (kunokephálion) n (genitive κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)

   Synonyms: ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon), ἀντίρρινον (antírrhinon), βουκράνιον (boukránion), πῐθήκῐον (pithḗkion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kunokephálion	τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kunokephalíō	τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tà kunokephália
Genitive	τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου toû kunokephalíou	τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kunokephalíoin	τῶν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ων tôn kunokephalíōn
Dative	τῷ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi kunokephalíōi	τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kunokephalíoin	τοῖς κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οις toîs kunokephalíois
Accusative	τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kunokephálion	τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kunokephalíō	τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tà kunokephália
Vocative	κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον kunokephálion	κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω kunokephalíō	κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ kunokephália
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κυνοκεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κυνοκεφάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette