κύκνος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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κύκνος (kúknosm (genitive κύκνου); second declension

  1. swan
  2. type of ship

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos).

Noun

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κύκνος (kýknosm (plural κύκνοι)

  1. (ornithology) swan, Cygnus

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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