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κυνάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυνάω

Structure: κυνά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: = kuni/zw

Sense

  1. to play the Cynic

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κυνῶ κυνᾷς κυνᾷ
Dual κυνᾶτον κυνᾶτον
Plural κυνῶμεν κυνᾶτε κυνῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular κυνῶ κυνῇς κυνῇ
Dual κυνῆτον κυνῆτον
Plural κυνῶμεν κυνῆτε κυνῶσιν*
OptativeSingular κυνῷμι κυνῷς κυνῷ
Dual κυνῷτον κυνῴτην
Plural κυνῷμεν κυνῷτε κυνῷεν
ImperativeSingular κύνᾱ κυνᾱ́τω
Dual κυνᾶτον κυνᾱ́των
Plural κυνᾶτε κυνώντων, κυνᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive κυνᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυνων κυνωντος κυνωσα κυνωσης κυνων κυνωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular κυνῶμαι κυνᾷ κυνᾶται
Dual κυνᾶσθον κυνᾶσθον
Plural κυνώμεθα κυνᾶσθε κυνῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular κυνῶμαι κυνῇ κυνῆται
Dual κυνῆσθον κυνῆσθον
Plural κυνώμεθα κυνῆσθε κυνῶνται
OptativeSingular κυνῴμην κυνῷο κυνῷτο
Dual κυνῷσθον κυνῴσθην
Plural κυνῴμεθα κυνῷσθε κυνῷντο
ImperativeSingular κυνῶ κυνᾱ́σθω
Dual κυνᾶσθον κυνᾱ́σθων
Plural κυνᾶσθε κυνᾱ́σθων, κυνᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive κυνᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
κυνωμενος κυνωμενου κυνωμενη κυνωμενης κυνωμενον κυνωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκύνων ἐκύνᾱς ἐκύνᾱν*
Dual ἐκυνᾶτον ἐκυνᾱ́την
Plural ἐκυνῶμεν ἐκυνᾶτε ἐκύνων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐκυνώμην ἐκυνῶ ἐκυνᾶτο
Dual ἐκυνᾶσθον ἐκυνᾱ́σθην
Plural ἐκυνώμεθα ἐκυνᾶσθε ἐκυνῶντο

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ προσεκύνησε Μεμφιβοσθέ καὶ εἶπε. τίσ εἰμι ὁ δοῦλόσ σου, ὅτι ἐπέβλεψασ ἐπὶ τὸν κύνα τὸν τεθνηκότα τὸν ὅμοιον ἐμοί̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 9:8)
  • τίσ εἰρήνη ὑαίνῃ πρὸσ κύνα̣ καὶ τίσ εἰρήνη πλουσίῳ πρὸσ πένητα̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 13:18)
  • ὁ δὲ ἄνομοσ ὁ θύων μοι μόσχον ὡσ ὁ ἀποκτένων κύνα, ὁ δὲ ἀναφέρων σεμίδαλιν ὡσ αἷμα ὕειον, ὁ διδοὺσ λίβανον εἰσ μνημόσυνον ὡσ βλάσφημοσ. καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐξελέξαντο τὰσ ὁδοὺσ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτῶν, ἃ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν ἠθέλησε, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 66:3)
  • καὶ ὃ πάντων γελοιότατον, ὦ θεοί, καὶ τὸν κύνα τῆσ Ἠριγόνησ, καὶ τοῦτον ἀνήγαγεν, ὡσ μὴ ἀνιῷτο ἡ παῖσ εἰ μὴ ἕξει ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τὸ ξύνηθεσ ἐκεῖνο καὶ ὅπερ ἠγάπα κυνίδιον. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 5:3)
  • ὁ Βράγχοσ ἐπὶ πέτρασ καθεζόμενοσ ἀνέχει λαγὼν καὶ προσπαίζει τὸν κύνα, ὁ δὲ πηδησομένῳ ἐοίκεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν εἰσ τὸ ὕψοσ, καὶ Ἀπόλλων παρεστὼσ μειδιᾷ τερπόμενοσ ἀμφοῖν καὶ τῷ παιδὶ παίζοντι καὶ πειρωμένῳ τῷ κυνί. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 24:2)

Synonyms

  1. to play the Cynic

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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