κύων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Cognates include Latin canis, Sanskrit श्वन् (śván) and Old English hund (English hound).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ký.ɔ͜ɔn/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kýoːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /kýon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /cýon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /cíon/

Noun

κύων (genitive κυνός) m & f, third declension; (kuōn)

1. a dog
2. a bitch
3. (pejorative) a bitch
4. an offensive person

Inflection

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ/ἡ κύων	τὼ κύνε	οἱ/αἱ κύνες
Genitive	τοῦ/τῆς κῠνός	τοῖν κῠνοῖν	τῶν κῠνῶν
Dative	τῷ/τῇ κῠνί	τοῖν κῠνοῖν	τοῖς/ταῖς κῠσί(ν)
Accusative	τὸν/τὴν κύνᾰ	τὼ κύνε	τοὺς/τὰς κύνᾰς
Vocative	κύον	κύνε	κύνες

Usage notes

• The alternate forms κύων (vocative singular) and κύνεσσι (dative plural) also exist.

Descendants

• Greek: κύων

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2965