κύκνος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”), with cognates including Sanskrit शोचति (śócati) and शुक्र (śukrá), and possibly Old Norse Hǿnir (“god associated with swans and storks”). Could also be onomatopoeic from the sound of the swan's call (compare Russian кы-кы (ky-ky, “cry of a swan”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.knos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.knos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.knos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.knos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.knos/
Noun
[edit]κύκνος • (kúknos) m (genitive κύκνου); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κῠ́κνος ho kúknos |
τὼ κῠ́κνω tṑ kúknō |
οἱ κῠ́κνοι hoi kúknoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠ́κνου toû kúknou |
τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν toîn kúknoin |
τῶν κῠ́κνων tôn kúknōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠ́κνῳ tôi kúknōi |
τοῖν κῠ́κνοιν toîn kúknoin |
τοῖς κῠ́κνοις toîs kúknois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κῠ́κνον tòn kúknon |
τὼ κῠ́κνω tṑ kúknō |
τοὺς κῠ́κνους toùs kúknous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́κνε kúkne |
κῠ́κνω kúknō |
κῠ́κνοι kúknoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: cycnus
- ⇒ Latin: cygnus
- → Arabic: قُقْنُس (quqnus), قُقْنُوس (quqnūs)
- ⇒ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܩܢܘܣ (qūqnōs), ܩܘܩܢܣ (/qwqns/), ܩܝܩܝܢܘܣ (/qyqynws/)
- → Old Armenian: կիկնոս (kiknos), կիւկնոս (kiwknos)
References
[edit]- “κύκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύκνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κύκνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύκνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κύκνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).
Noun
[edit]κύκνος • (kýknos) m (plural κύκνοι)
Declension
[edit]Declension of κύκνος
Derived terms
[edit]- αγριόκυκνος m (agriókyknos, “whooper swan”)
- κοινός κύκνος m (koinós kýknos, “mute swan”)
- νανόκυκνος m (nanókyknos, “Bewick's swan”)
Further reading
[edit]- Κύκνος (πτηνό) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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