κασίγνητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάσις (kásis, “brother, sister”) (see καί (kaí)) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.sí.ɡnɛː.tos/ → /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/ → /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.sí.ɡnɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɡne̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/

Noun

κᾰσίγνητος • (kasígnētos) m or f (genitive κᾰσιγνήτου); second declension

1. (masculine) brother

   Synonyms: ἀδελφός (adelphós), κάσις (kásis)

2. (feminine) sister

   Synonyms: ἀδελφή (adelphḗ), κάσις (kásis), κασιγνήτη (kasignḗtē)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ κᾰσῐ́γνητος; τοῦ, τῆς κᾰσῐγνήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ κᾰσῐ́γνητος ho, hē kasígnētos	τὼ κᾰσῐγνήτω tṑ kasignḗtō	οἱ, αἱ κᾰσῐ́γνητοι hoi, hai kasígnētoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς κᾰσῐγνήτου toû, tês kasignḗtou	τοῖν κᾰσῐγνήτοιν toîn kasignḗtoin	τῶν κᾰσῐγνήτων tôn kasignḗtōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ κᾰσῐγνήτῳ tôi, têi kasignḗtōi	τοῖν κᾰσῐγνήτοιν toîn kasignḗtoin	τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰσῐγνήτοις toîs, taîs kasignḗtois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν κᾰσῐ́γνητον tòn, tḕn kasígnēton	τὼ κᾰσῐγνήτω tṑ kasignḗtō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰσῐγνήτους toùs, tā̀s kasignḗtous
Vocative	κᾰσῐ́γνητε kasígnēte	κᾰσῐγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσῐ́γνητοι kasígnētoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of κᾰσῐ́γνητος; κᾰσῐγνήτου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κᾰσῐ́γνητος kasígnētos	κᾰσῐγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσῐ́γνητοι kasígnētoi
Genitive	κᾰσῐγνήτου / κᾰσῐγνητοῖο / κᾰσῐγνήτοιο / κᾰσῐγνητόο / κᾰσῐγνήτοο kasignḗtou / kasignētoîo / kasignḗtoio / kasignētóo / kasignḗtoo	κᾰσῐγνήτοιῐν kasignḗtoiin	κᾰσῐγνήτων kasignḗtōn
Dative	κᾰσῐγνήτῳ kasignḗtōi	κᾰσῐγνήτοιῐν kasignḗtoiin	κᾰσῐγνήτοισῐ / κᾰσῐγνήτοισῐν / κᾰσῐγνήτοις kasignḗtoisi(n) / kasignḗtois
Accusative	κᾰσῐ́γνητον kasígnēton	κᾰσῐγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσῐγνήτους kasignḗtous
Vocative	κᾰσῐ́γνητε kasígnēte	κᾰσῐγνήτω kasignḗtō	κᾰσῐ́γνητοι kasígnētoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Coordinate terms

• κασιγνήτη (kasignḗtē)

Further reading

• “κασίγνητος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κασίγνητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κασίγνητος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κασίγνητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κασίγνητος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brother idem, page 101.
  • sister idem, page 779.