ἴκνυς
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- ἴγνυς (ígnus)
Etymology edit
According to Beekes, the variation proves a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.knys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.knys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.knys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.knys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.knis/
Noun edit
ἴκνῠς • (íknus) f (genitive ἴκνῠος); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῐ̓́κνῠς hē íknus |
τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε tṑ íknue |
αἱ ῐ̓́κνῠες hai íknues | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῐ̓́κνῠος tês íknuos |
τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν toîn iknúoin |
τῶν ῐ̓κνῠ́ων tôn iknúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῐ̓́κνῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́κνυι têi íknuï / íknui |
τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν toîn iknúoin |
ταῖς ῐ̓́κνῠσῐ / ῐ̓́κνῠσῐν taîs íknusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῐ̓́κνῠν tḕn íknun |
τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε tṑ íknue |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́κνῡς / ῐ̓́κνῠᾰς tā̀s íknūs / íknuas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῐ̓́κνῠ íknu |
ῐ̓́κνῠε íknue |
ῐ̓́κνῠες íknues | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “ἴκνυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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