κτῆνος

See also: κτήνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κτῆνον (ktênon) — Byzantine

Etymology

From κτᾰ́ομαι (ktắomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktɛ̂ː.nos/ → /ˈkti.nos/ → /ˈkti.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ktɛ̂ː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkte̝.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.nos/

Noun

κτῆνος • (ktênos) n (genitive κτήνεος or κτήνους); third declension (chiefly Ionic and Koine)

1. domestic animal
2. (in the plural) livestock
   • Homeric Hymns, Homeric Hymn to Gaia, Mother of All 10:

     κτήνεσιν εὐθηνεῖ, οἶκος δ' ἐμπίμπλαται ἐσθλῶν·

     ktḗnesin euthēneî, oîkos d’ empímplatai esthlôn;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κτῆνος; τοῦ κτήνους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνει tṑ ktḗnei	τᾰ̀ κτήνη tằ ktḗnē
Genitive	τοῦ κτήνους toû ktḗnous	τοῖν κτηνοῖν toîn ktēnoîn	τῶν κτηνῶν tôn ktēnôn
Dative	τῷ κτήνει tōî ktḗnei	τοῖν κτηνοῖν toîn ktēnoîn	τοῖς κτήνεσῐ / κτήνεσῐν toîs ktḗnesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνει tṑ ktḗnei	τᾰ̀ κτήνη tằ ktḗnē
Vocative	κτῆνος ktênos	κτήνει ktḗnei	κτήνη ktḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of κτῆνος; κτήνεος / κτήνευς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κτῆνος ktênos	κτήνεε / κτήνει ktḗnee / ktḗnei	κτήνεᾰ ktḗneă
Genitive	κτήνεος / κτήνευς ktḗneos / ktḗneus	κτηνέοιῐ̈ν ktēnéoiĭ̈n	κτηνέων ktēnéōn
Dative	κτήνεῐ̈ / κτήνει ktḗneĭ̈ / ktḗnei	κτηνέοιῐ̈ν ktēnéoiĭ̈n	κτήνεσῐ / κτήνεσῐν / κτήνεσσῐ / κτήνεσσῐν / κτηνέεσσῐ / κτηνέεσσῐν ktḗnesĭ(n) / ktḗnessĭ(n) / ktēnéessĭ(n)
Accusative	κτῆνος ktênos	κτήνεε / κτήνει ktḗnee / ktḗnei	κτήνεᾰ ktḗneă
Vocative	κτῆνος ktênos	κτήνεε / κτήνει ktḗnee / ktḗnei	κτήνεᾰ ktḗneă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ κτῆνος; τοῦ κτήνεος / κτήνευς (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνεε / κτήνει tṑ ktḗnee / ktḗnei	τᾰ̀ κτήνεᾰ tằ ktḗneă
Genitive	τοῦ κτήνεος / κτήνευς toû ktḗneos / ktḗneus	τοῖν κτηνέοιν toîn ktēnéoin	τῶν κτηνέων tôn ktēnéōn
Dative	τῷ κτήνεῐ̈ / κτήνει tōî ktḗneĭ̈ / ktḗnei	τοῖν κτηνέοιν toîn ktēnéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν κτήνεσῐ / κτήνεσῐν toîsĭ(n) ktḗnesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κτῆνος tò ktênos	τὼ κτήνεε / κτήνει tṑ ktḗnee / ktḗnei	τᾰ̀ κτήνεᾰ tằ ktḗneă
Vocative	κτῆνος ktênos	κτήνεε / κτήνει ktḗnee / ktḗnei	κτήνεᾰ ktḗneă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• κτήνειος (ktḗneios)

Descendants

• Greek: κτήνος (ktínos)

References

• “κτῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κτῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κτῆνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2934 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible