κύνικλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κούνικλος (koúniklos), κόνικλος (kóniklos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cunīculus, although attested earlier (in Polybius) than the latter.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ni.klos/ → /ˈci.ni.klos/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.ni.klos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ni.klos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ni.klos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ni.klos/

Noun

κύνικλος • (kúniklos) m (genitive κυνίκλου); second declension

1. rabbit

   Synonyms: δασύπους (dasúpous), ἡμίλαγος (hēmílagos), λαγιδεύς (lagideús), λεβηρίς (lebērís)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κύνικλος; τοῦ κυνίκλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κύνικλος ho kúniklos	τὼ κυνίκλω tṑ kuníklō	οἱ κύνικλοι hoi kúnikloi
Genitive	τοῦ κυνίκλου toû kuníklou	τοῖν κυνίκλοιν toîn kuníkloin	τῶν κυνίκλων tôn kuníklōn
Dative	τῷ κυνίκλῳ tôi kuníklōi	τοῖν κυνίκλοιν toîn kuníkloin	τοῖς κυνίκλοις toîs kuníklois
Accusative	τὸν κύνικλον tòn kúniklon	τὼ κυνίκλω tṑ kuníklō	τοὺς κυνίκλους toùs kuníklous
Vocative	κύνικλε kúnikle	κυνίκλω kuníklō	κύνικλοι kúnikloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: κονικλοτροφείο (koniklotrofeío)

Further reading

• κύνικλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κύνικλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κύνικλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press