Ancient Greek

Noun

κῠνᾰ́γχη • ‎(kunánkhē) f ‎(genitive κῠνᾰ́γχης); first declension

1. Tonsilitis
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.22
   • Ant.Lib. 23.2
2. Sore throat, an inflammation of the larynx
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Ancient Medicine 19
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 23
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 3.16
   • 234 CE – 305 CE, Porphyry, On Abstinence 3.7
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 8.248
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 17.706
3. A dog collar
   • Palatine Anthology 6.34
4. Pillory
   • AD 5th C., Hesychius Alexandreus

Declension

Descendants

• Greek: κυνάγχη ‎(kynánchi)
• Latin: cynanchē (Late Latin), quinancia (Mediaeval Latin)

References

• κυνάγχη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press