ἴκνυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἴγνυς (ígnus)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variation proves a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.knys/ → /ˈi.knys/ → /ˈi.knis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.knys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.knis/

Noun

ἴκνῠς • (íknus) f (genitive ἴκνῠος); third declension

1. dust or ashes

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῐ̓́κνῠς; τῆς ῐ̓́κνῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓́κνῠς hē íknus	τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε tṑ íknue	αἱ ῐ̓́κνῠες hai íknues
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓́κνῠος tês íknuos	τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν toîn iknúoin	τῶν ῐ̓κνῠ́ων tôn iknúōn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓́κνῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́κνυι têi íknuï / íknui	τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν toîn iknúoin	ταῖς ῐ̓́κνῠσῐ / ῐ̓́κνῠσῐν taîs íknusi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓́κνῠν tḕn íknun	τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε tṑ íknue	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́κνῡς / ῐ̓́κνῠᾰς tā̀s íknūs / íknuas
Vocative	ῐ̓́κνῠ íknu	ῐ̓́κνῠε íknue	ῐ̓́κνῠες íknues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴκνυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN