κενεών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κενός (kenós, “empty, hollow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.ne.ɔ̌ːn/ → /ce.neˈon/ → /ce.neˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.ne.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.neˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.neˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.neˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.neˈon/

Noun

κενεών • (keneṓn) m (genitive κενεῶνος); third declension

1. (anatomy) hollow between ribs and hip, flank

   Synonym: λᾰγών (lagṓn)

2. hollow of the peritonaeum
3. any hollow; vacant space

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κενεών; τοῦ κενεῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κενεών ho keneṓn	τὼ κενεῶνε tṑ keneône	οἱ κενεῶνες hoi keneônes
Genitive	τοῦ κενεῶνος toû keneônos	τοῖν κενεώνοιν toîn keneṓnoin	τῶν κενεώνων tôn keneṓnōn
Dative	τῷ κενεῶνῐ tôi keneôni	τοῖν κενεώνοιν toîn keneṓnoin	τοῖς κενεῶσῐ / κενεῶσῐν toîs keneôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κενεῶνᾰ tòn keneôna	τὼ κενεῶνε tṑ keneône	τοὺς κενεῶνᾰς toùs keneônas
Vocative	κενεών keneṓn	κενεῶνε keneône	κενεῶνες keneônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κενεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κενεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κενεών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κενεών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κενεών in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963