πυκνός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πυκινός (pukinós) — poetic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *puḱ- (“press together”); compare Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬯𐬁 (pusā, “headband, diadem”), as well as Albanian putë.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.knós/ → /pyˈknos/ → /piˈknos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.knós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈknos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈknos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈknos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈknos/

Adjective

πυκνός • (puknós) m (feminine πυκνή, neuter πυκνόν); first/second declension

1. thick

   Synonym: παχύς (pakhús)

2. dense
3. sagacious, crafty, cunning

Inflection

First and second declension of πῠκνός; πῠκνή; πῠκνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠκνός puknós	πῠκνή puknḗ	πῠκνόν puknón		πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνᾱ́ puknā́	πῠκνώ puknṓ		πῠκνοί puknoí	πῠκναί puknaí	πῠκνᾰ́ pukná
Genitive		πῠκνοῦ puknoû	πῠκνῆς puknês	πῠκνοῦ puknoû		πῠκνοῖν puknoîn	πῠκναῖν puknaîn	πῠκνοῖν puknoîn		πῠκνῶν puknôn	πῠκνῶν puknôn	πῠκνῶν puknôn
Dative		πῠκνῷ puknôi	πῠκνῇ puknêi	πῠκνῷ puknôi		πῠκνοῖν puknoîn	πῠκναῖν puknaîn	πῠκνοῖν puknoîn		πῠκνοῖς puknoîs	πῠκναῖς puknaîs	πῠκνοῖς puknoîs
Accusative		πῠκνόν puknón	πῠκνήν puknḗn	πῠκνόν puknón		πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνᾱ́ puknā́	πῠκνώ puknṓ		πῠκνούς puknoús	πῠκνᾱ́ς puknā́s	πῠκνᾰ́ pukná
Vocative		πῠκνέ pukné	πῠκνή puknḗ	πῠκνόν puknón		πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνᾱ́ puknā́	πῠκνώ puknṓ		πῠκνοί puknoí	πῠκναί puknaí	πῠκνᾰ́ pukná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πῠκνῶς puknôs				πῠκνότερος puknóteros				πῠκνότᾰτος puknótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πυκνότης (puknótēs)
• πῠκνόκομον (puknókomon)

 

Related terms

• πύκα (púka)

Descendants

• Borrowings:
  • → English: pyknic
  • → English: pyknon

Further reading

• “πυκνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυκνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette