κυνάγχη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ ἄγχω (ánkhō, “strangle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.náŋ.kʰɛː/ → /cyˈnaɲ.çi/ → /ciˈnaɲ.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.náŋ.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈnaŋ.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈnaɲ.çi/

Noun

κῠνᾰ́γχη • (kunánkhē) f (genitive κῠνᾰ́γχης); first declension

1. Tonsilitis
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.22
   • Ant.Lib. 23.2
2. Sore throat, an inflammation of the larynx
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Ancient Medicine 19
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 23
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 3.16
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 3.7
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 8.248
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 17.706
3. A dog collar
   • Palatine Anthology 6.34
4. Pillory
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First declension of ἡ κῠνᾰ́γχη; τῆς κῠνᾰ́γχης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠνᾰ́γχη hē kunánkhē	τὼ κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ tṑ kunánkhā	αἱ κῠνᾰ́γχαι hai kunánkhai
Genitive	τῆς κῠνᾰ́γχης tês kunánkhēs	τοῖν κῠνᾰ́γχαιν toîn kunánkhain	τῶν κῠνᾰγχῶν tôn kunankhôn
Dative	τῇ κῠνᾰ́γχῃ têi kunánkhēi	τοῖν κῠνᾰ́γχαιν toîn kunánkhain	ταῖς κῠνᾰ́γχαις taîs kunánkhais
Accusative	τὴν κῠνᾰ́γχην tḕn kunánkhēn	τὼ κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ tṑ kunánkhā	τᾱ̀ς κῠνᾰ́γχᾱς tā̀s kunánkhās
Vocative	κῠνᾰ́γχη kunánkhē	κῠνᾰ́γχᾱ kunánkhā	κῠνᾰ́γχαι kunánkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κυνάγχη (kynánchi)
• Latin: cynanchē (Late Latin), quinancia (Mediaeval Latin)

References

• “κυνάγχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press