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Κύρνος
Κύρνος
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /kýrnos/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /cýrnos/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /cíɾnos/
Proper noun
Κύρνος • (Kúrnos) f (genitive Κύρνου); second declension
Inflection
Second declension of Κύρνος, Κύρνου
Case / # | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | ἡ Κύρνος |
Genitive | τῆς Κύρνου |
Dative | τῇ Κύρνῳ |
Accusative | τὴν Κύρνον |
Vocative | Κύρνε |
Derived terms
- Κύρνιος (Kúrnios)
Descendants
The modern Greek name for Corsica is Κορσική.
- Greek: Κύρνος (Kýrnos)
- Latin: Cyrnus
References
- Κύρνος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Κύρνος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007