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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

  • ὅπωσ ἂν βαφῇ ὁ πούσ σου ἐν αἵματι, ἡ γλῶσσα τῶν κυνῶν σου ἐξ ἐχθρῶν παῤ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 67:24)
  • ΝΥΝΙ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι, νῦν νουθετοῦσί με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν τοὺσ πατέρασ αὐτῶν, οὓσ οὐχ ἡγησάμην ἀξίουσ κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 30:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὀλίγου δεῖν ὑπὸ τῶν Κυνικῶν ἐγώ σοι διεσπάσθην ὥσπερ ὁ Ἀκταίων ὑπὸ τῶν κυνῶν ἢ ὁ ἀνεψιὸσ αὐτοῦ ὁ Πενθεὺσ ὑπὸ τῶν Μαινάδων. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 3:4)
  • καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἡ σελήνη ἀνέτελλεν ‐ ἔδει γὰρ κἀκείνην θεάσασθαι τὸ κάλλιστον τοῦτο ἔργον ‐ πρόεισιν ἐκεῖνοσ ἐσκευασμένοσ ἐσ τὸν ἀεὶ τρόπον καὶ ξὺν αὐτῷ τὰ τέλη τῶν κυνῶν, καὶ μάλιστα ὁ γεννάδασ ὁ ἐκ Πατρῶν, δᾷδα ἔχων, οὐ φαῦλοσ δευτεραγωνιστήσ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 16:1)
  • τελευταῖον δὲ καὶ Μένιππόν τινα τῶν παλαιῶν κυνῶν μάλα ὑλακτικὸν ὡσ δοκεῖ καὶ κάρχαρον ἀνορύξασ, καὶ τοῦτον ἐπεισήγαγεν μοι φοβερόν τινα ὡσ ἀληθῶσ κύνα καὶ τὸ δῆγμα λαθραῖον, ὅσῳ καὶ γελῶν ἅμα ἔδακνεν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 33:10)

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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