Κούναξα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kǔː.nak.sa/ → /ˈku.nak.sa/ → /ˈku.nak.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǔː.nak.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈku.nak.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈku.nak.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈku.nak.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈku.nak.sa/

Proper noun

Κούναξα • (Koúnaxa) n (genitive Κουνάξων); second declension

1. Cunaxa (an ancient village and site of a major Persian battle in 401 BCE, located 50 miles north of Bablyon and usually identified with the village of Al Nasiffiyat in modern-day Iraq)

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Κούνᾰξᾰ; τῶν Κουνᾰ́ξων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Κούνᾰξᾰ tà Koúnaxa
Genitive	τῶν Κουνᾰ́ξων tôn Kounáxōn
Dative	τοῖς Κουνᾰ́ξοις toîs Kounáxois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Κούνᾰξᾰ tà Koúnaxa
Vocative	Κούνᾰξᾰ Koúnaxa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κούναξα (Koúnaxa)
• → Latin: Cūnaxa

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007