Κυνός | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Dog, hound; a domesticated canine. In Classical Greek, κύων designates the animal and is sometimes used metaphorically for a base person, but its primary sense remains "dog."

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Grammatical Analysis

"Κυνός"

Case: genitive

Number: singular

Gender: masculine (or feminine)

Declension: third

Related Forms of κύων

11 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

κύων nominative, singular, common (masculine or feminin... κυνῶν genitive, plural, masculine κύνες nominative, plural, masculine κυσι dative, plural, masculine Κυνος genitive, singular, masculine or feminine κυνες nominative, plural, masculine κυνάς accusative, plural, feminine κύνα accusative, singular, masculine Κυνεσσιν dative, plural, masculine κυνεσσιν dative, plural, masculine (lexical); form can be d... κύνεσσιν dative, plural, masculine

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