κασίγνητος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• 𐠊𐠪𐠋𐠚𐠰𐠩 (ka-si-ke-ne-to-se) — Cypriot

Etymology

From κάσις (kásis, “brother, sister”) (see καί (kaí)) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.sí.ɡnɛː.tos/ → /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/ → /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.sí.ɡnɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɡne̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.ɣni.tos/

Noun

κᾰσίγνητος • (kăsígnētos) m or f (genitive κᾰσιγνήτου); second declension

1. (masculine) brother

   Synonyms: ἀδελφός (adelphós), κάσις (kásis)

2. (feminine) sister

   Synonyms: ἀδελφή (adelphḗ), κάσις (kásis), κασιγνήτη (kasignḗtē)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ / ἡ κᾰσῐ́γνητος; τοῦ / τῆς κᾰσῐγνήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ κᾰσῐ́γνητος ho / hē kăsĭ́gnētos	τὼ κᾰσῐγνήτω tṑ kăsĭgnḗtō	οἱ / αἱ κᾰσῐ́γνητοι hoi / hai kăsĭ́gnētoi
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς κᾰσῐγνήτου toû / tês kăsĭgnḗtou	τοῖν κᾰσῐγνήτοιν toîn kăsĭgnḗtoin	τῶν κᾰσῐγνήτων tôn kăsĭgnḗtōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ κᾰσῐγνήτῳ tōî / tēî kăsĭgnḗtōi	τοῖν κᾰσῐγνήτοιν toîn kăsĭgnḗtoin	τοῖς / ταῖς κᾰσῐγνήτοις toîs / taîs kăsĭgnḗtois
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν κᾰσῐ́γνητον tòn / tḕn kăsĭ́gnēton	τὼ κᾰσῐγνήτω tṑ kăsĭgnḗtō	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς κᾰσῐγνήτους toùs / tā̀s kăsĭgnḗtous
Vocative	κᾰσῐ́γνητε kăsĭ́gnēte	κᾰσῐγνήτω kăsĭgnḗtō	κᾰσῐ́γνητοι kăsĭ́gnētoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of κᾰσῐ́γνητος; κᾰσῐγνήτοιο / κᾰσῐγνήτοο / κᾰσῐγνήτου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κᾰσῐ́γνητος kăsĭ́gnētos	κᾰσῐγνήτω kăsĭgnḗtō	κᾰσῐ́γνητοι kăsĭ́gnētoi
Genitive	κᾰσῐγνήτοιο / κᾰσῐγνήτοο / κᾰσῐγνήτου kăsĭgnḗtoio / kăsĭgnḗtoo / kăsĭgnḗtou	κᾰσῐγνήτοιῐ̈ν kăsĭgnḗtoiĭ̈n	κᾰσῐγνήτων kăsĭgnḗtōn
Dative	κᾰσῐγνήτῳ kăsĭgnḗtōi	κᾰσῐγνήτοιῐ̈ν kăsĭgnḗtoiĭ̈n	κᾰσῐγνήτοισῐ / κᾰσῐγνήτοισῐν / κᾰσῐγνήτοις kăsĭgnḗtoisĭ(n) / kăsĭgnḗtois
Accusative	κᾰσῐ́γνητον kăsĭ́gnēton	κᾰσῐγνήτω kăsĭgnḗtō	κᾰσῐγνήτους kăsĭgnḗtous
Vocative	κᾰσῐ́γνητε kăsĭ́gnēte	κᾰσῐγνήτω kăsĭgnḗtō	κᾰσῐ́γνητοι kăsĭ́gnētoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Coordinate terms

• κασιγνήτη (kasignḗtē)

Further reading

• “κασίγνητος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κασίγνητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κασίγνητος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κασίγνητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κασίγνητος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brother idem, page 101.
  • sister idem, page 779.