κῦδος

See also: κύδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to perceive, pay attention”). Cognate with κοέω (koéō), Latin caveō, Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “wise, poet, seer, sage”), Lithuanian kavoti (“safeguard, tend”), Old Armenian ցուցանեմ (cʻucʻanem, “I show”), Polish cześć (“glory”) and cud (“miracle”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kŷː.dos/ → /ˈcy.ðos/ → /ˈci.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kŷː.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ðos/

Noun

κῦδος • (kûdos) n (genitive κῡ́δεος); third declension (Epic)

1. renown, glory

Declension

Third declension of κῦδος; κῡ́δεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	κῦδος kûdos
Genitive	κῡ́δεος / κῡ́δευς kū́deos / kū́deus
Dative	κῡ́δει / κῡ́δεῐ̈ kū́dei / kū́deï
Accusative	κῦδος kûdos
Vocative	κῦδος kûdos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ἀνδροκύδης (Androkúdēs)
• Θουκῡδίδης (Thoukūdídēs)
• κῡ́διστος (kū́distos)
• Φερεκύδης (Pherekúdēs)

 

Descendants

• English: kudos

References

• “κῦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κῦδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κῦδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κῦδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κῦδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κῦδος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • celebrity idem, page 120.
  • fame idem, page 304.
  • glory idem, page 363.
  • honour idem, page 404.
  • illustriousness idem, page 416.
  • lustre idem, page 505.
  • name idem, page 550.
  • prestige idem, page 638.
  • renown idem, page 695.
  • reputation idem, page 699.