κύνωψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀχύνωψ (akhúnōps)

Etymology

According to Beekes from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of a prothetic vowel in the alternative form. This form may be due to folk etymology, making it appear to be from κυνο- (kuno-, “dog”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.nɔːps/ → /ˈcy.nops/ → /ˈci.nops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.nɔːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.nops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.nops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.nops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.nops/

Noun

κύνωψ • (kúnōps) m (genitive κύνωπος); third declension

1. ribwort (Plantago lanceolata)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κύνωψ; τοῦ κύνωπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κύνωψ ho kúnōps	τὼ κύνωπε tṑ kúnōpe	οἱ κύνωπες hoi kúnōpes
Genitive	τοῦ κύνωπος toû kúnōpos	τοῖν κυνώποιν toîn kunṓpoin	τῶν κυνώπων tôn kunṓpōn
Dative	τῷ κύνωπῐ tôi kúnōpi	τοῖν κυνώποιν toîn kunṓpoin	τοῖς κύνωψῐ / κύνωψῐν toîs kúnōpsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κύνωπᾰ tòn kúnōpa	τὼ κύνωπε tṑ kúnōpe	τοὺς κύνωπᾰς toùs kúnōpas
Vocative	κύνωψ kúnōps	κύνωπε kúnōpe	κύνωπες kúnōpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: cynops

Further reading

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