κύκνος
See also: Κύκνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk- (“white”), with cognates including Sanskrit शोचति (śócati) and शुक्र (śukrá). Could also be onomatopoeic from the sound of the swan's call (compare Russian кы-кы (ky-ky, “cry of a swan”)).
Pronunciation
- (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
κύκνος • (kúknos) m (genitive κύκνου); second declension
Inflection
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
- → Latin: cycnus
- ⇒ Latin: cygnus
- ⇒ Arabic: قُقْنُس (quqnus), قُقْنُوس (quqnūs)
- ⇒ Classical Syriac: ܩܘܩܢܘܣ (qūqnōs), ܩܘܩܢܣ (/qwqns/), ܩܝܩܝܢܘܣ (/qyqynws/)
- → Old Armenian: կիկնոս (kiknos), կիւկնոս (kiwknos)
References
- “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
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos)
Noun
κύκνος • (kýknos) m (plural κύκνοι)
Declension
Declension of κύκνος
Derived terms
- αγριόκυκνος m (agriókyknos, “whooper swan”)
- κοινός κύκνος m (koinós kýknos, “mute swan”)
- νανόκυκνος m (nanókyknos, “Bewick's swan”)
Further reading
Κύκνος (πτηνό) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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