κτῆνος

See also: κτήνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κτάομαι (ktáomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktɛ̂ː.nos/ → /ˈkti.nos/ → /ˈkti.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ktɛ̂ː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkte̝.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.nos/

Noun

κτῆνος • (ktênos) n (genitive κτήνους); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) A domestic animal, livestock

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κτῆνος; τοῦ κτήνεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνει / κτήνεε tṑ ktḗnei / ktḗnee	τᾰ̀ κτήνεᾰ tà ktḗnea
Genitive	τοῦ κτήνεος / κτήνευς toû ktḗneos / ktḗneus	τοῖν κτηνέοιν toîn ktēnéoin	τῶν κτηνέων tôn ktēnéōn
Dative	τῷ κτήνει / κτήνεῐ̈ tôi ktḗnei / ktḗneï	τοῖν κτηνέοιν toîn ktēnéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν κτήνεσῐ / κτήνεσῐν toîsi(n) ktḗnesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνει / κτήνεε tṑ ktḗnei / ktḗnee	τᾰ̀ κτήνεᾰ tà ktḗnea
Vocative	κτῆνος ktênos	κτήνει / κτήνεε ktḗnei / ktḗnee	κτήνεᾰ ktḗnea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ κτῆνος; τοῦ κτήνους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνει tṑ ktḗnei	τᾰ̀ κτήνη tà ktḗnē
Genitive	τοῦ κτήνους toû ktḗnous	τοῖν κτηνοῖν toîn ktēnoîn	τῶν κτηνῶν tôn ktēnôn
Dative	τῷ κτήνει tôi ktḗnei	τοῖν κτηνοῖν toîn ktēnoîn	τοῖς κτήνεσῐ / κτήνεσῐν toîs ktḗnesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνει tṑ ktḗnei	τᾰ̀ κτήνη tà ktḗnē
Vocative	κτῆνος ktênos	κτήνει ktḗnei	κτήνη ktḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κτήνος (ktínos)

References

• “κτῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κτῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κτῆνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2934 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible