κυνοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to bear, carry, bring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.nûː.kʰos/ → /cyˈnu.xos/ → /ciˈnu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈnu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈnu.xos/

Noun

κῠνοῦχος • (kunoûkhos) m (genitive κῠνούχου); second declension

1. dog leash, dog collar

   Synonyms: κλοιός (kloiós), κυνάγχη (kunánkhē)

2. calfskin sack for carrying hunting nets
3. clothes-locker in the gymnasium
4. purse, moneybag

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠνοῦχος; τοῦ κῠνούχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠνοῦχος ho kunoûkhos	τὼ κῠνούχω tṑ kunoúkhō	οἱ κῠνοῦχοι hoi kunoûkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠνούχου toû kunoúkhou	τοῖν κῠνούχοιν toîn kunoúkhoin	τῶν κῠνούχων tôn kunoúkhōn
Dative	τῷ κῠνούχῳ tôi kunoúkhōi	τοῖν κῠνούχοιν toîn kunoúkhoin	τοῖς κῠνούχοις toîs kunoúkhois
Accusative	τὸν κῠνοῦχον tòn kunoûkhon	τὼ κῠνούχω tṑ kunoúkhō	τοὺς κῠνούχους toùs kunoúkhous
Vocative	κῠνοῦχε kunoûkhe	κῠνούχω kunoúkhō	κῠνοῦχοι kunoûkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κυνούχιον (kunoúkhion)

Further reading

• “κυνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κυνοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κυνοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette