Κυνικός
See also: κυνικός
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From κῠνῐκός (kunikós, “doglike”). It is uncertain whether the followers of Antisthenes were called this because of the gymnasium where he taught (Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges)), from the coarse, filthy mode mode of life, or some other reason.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.ni.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ky.niˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cy.niˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cy.niˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.niˈkos/
Noun
[edit]Κῠνῐκός • (Kunikós) m (genitive Κῠνῐκοῦ); second declension
- a Cynic
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κῠνῐκός ho Kunikós |
τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kunikṓ |
οἱ Κῠνῐκοί hoi Kunikoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κῠνῐκοῦ toû Kunikoû |
τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kunikoîn |
τῶν Κῠνῐκῶν tôn Kunikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κῠνῐκῷ tôi Kunikôi |
τοῖν Κῠνῐκοῖν toîn Kunikoîn |
τοῖς Κῠνῐκοῖς toîs Kunikoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κῠνῐκόν tòn Kunikón |
τὼ Κῠνῐκώ tṑ Kunikṓ |
τοὺς Κῠνῐκούς toùs Kunikoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κῠνῐκέ Kuniké |
Κῠνῐκώ Kunikṓ |
Κῠνῐκοί Kunikoí | ||||||||||
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References
[edit]- “κυνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press