κυνάγχη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “strangle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.náŋ.kʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈnaŋ.kʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈnaɲ.çi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈnaɲ.çi/
Noun
κῠνᾰ́γχη • (kunánkhē) f (genitive κῠνᾰ́γχης); first declension
- Tonsilitis
- Ant.Lib. 23.2
- Sore throat, an inflammation of the larynx
- A dog collar
- Palatine Anthology 6.34
- Pillory
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “κυνάγχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press