κυνέη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κυνῆ (kunê) – Attic
  • κυνίᾱ (kuníā) – Aeolic

Etymology

From κύων (kúōn, “dog”) as such helmets were originally made of dog skin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κῠνέη • (kunéē) f (genitive κῠνέης); first declension

(Epic, Ionic)
  1. leather helmet for soldiers

Declension
First declension of κῠνέη; κῠνέης (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κῠνέη
kunéē		 κῠνέᾱ
kunéā		 κῠνέαι
kunéai
Genitive κῠνέης
kunéēs		 κῠνέαιν / κῠνέαιῐν / κῠνέῃῐν
kunéai(i)n / kunéēiin		 κῠνεᾱ́ων / κῠνεέ͜ων / κῠνεῶν
kuneā́ōn / kuneé͜ōn / kuneôn
Dative κῠνέῃ
kunéēi		 κῠνέαιν / κῠνέαιῐν / κῠνέῃῐν
kunéai(i)n / kunéēiin		 κῠνέῃσῐ / κῠνέῃσῐν / κῠνέῃς / κῠνέαις
kunéēisi(n) / kunéēis / kunéais
Accusative κῠνέην
kunéēn		 κῠνέᾱ
kunéā		 κῠνέᾱς
kunéās
Vocative κῠνέη
kunéē		 κῠνέᾱ
kunéā		 κῠνέαι
kunéai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading
  • κυνέη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κυνέη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κυνέη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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