κυνοκεφάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon, “fleawort”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.no.ke.pʰá.li.on/ → /cy.no.ceˈɸa.li.on/ → /ci.no.ceˈfa.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.no.ke.pʰá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.no.keˈpʰa.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.no.ceˈɸa.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.no.ceˈfa.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.no.ceˈfa.li.on/

Noun

κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον • (kŭnokephắlĭon) n (genitive κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)

   Synonyms: ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon), ἀντίρρινον (antírrhinon), βουκράνιον (boukránion), πῐθήκῐον (pĭthḗkĭon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kŭnokephắlĭon	τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kŭnokephălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ kŭnokephắlĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ου toû kŭnokephălĭ́ou	τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kŭnokephălĭ́oin	τῶν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ων tôn kŭnokephălĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ῳ tōî kŭnokephălĭ́ōi	τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kŭnokephălĭ́oin	τοῖς κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́οις toîs kŭnokephălĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον tò kŭnokephắlĭon	τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kŭnokephălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ kŭnokephắlĭă
Vocative	κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐον kŭnokephắlĭon	κῠνοκεφᾰλῐ́ω kŭnokephălĭ́ō	κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῐᾰ kŭnokephắlĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κυνοκεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κυνοκεφάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette