Προκύων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, “before”) +‎ κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.ký.ɔːn/ → /proˈcy.on/ → /proˈci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.ký.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈky.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈcy.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈcy.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈci.on/

Proper noun

Προκῠ́ων • (Prokúōn) m (genitive Προκῠνός); third declension

1. Procyon, a star in Canis Minor.

Inflection

Irregular declension of ὁ Προκῠ́ων; τοῦ Προκῠνός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Προκῠ́ων ho Prokúōn
Genitive	τοῦ Προκῠνός toû Prokunós
Dative	τῷ Προκῠνῐ́ tôi Prokuní
Accusative	τὸν Προκῠ́νᾰ tòn Prokúna
Vocative	Προκῠ́ον Prokúon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Προκύων (Prokýon)
• Latin: Procyōn

References

• “Προκύων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Προκύων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Προκύων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette