ἴκνυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἴγνυς (ígnus)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variation proves a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἴκνῠς • (íknus) f (genitive ἴκνῠος); third declension

  1. dust or ashes

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ῐ̓́κνῠς; τῆς ῐ̓́κνῠος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῐ̓́κνῠς
hē íknus		 τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε
tṑ íknue		 αἱ ῐ̓́κνῠες
hai íknues
Genitive τῆς ῐ̓́κνῠος
tês íknuos		 τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν
toîn iknúoin		 τῶν ῐ̓κνῠ́ων
tôn iknúōn
Dative τῇ ῐ̓́κνῠῐ̈ / ῐ̓́κνυι
têi íknuï / íknui		 τοῖν ῐ̓κνῠ́οιν
toîn iknúoin		 ταῖς ῐ̓́κνῠσῐ / ῐ̓́κνῠσῐν
taîs íknusi(n)
Accusative τὴν ῐ̓́κνῠν
tḕn íknun		 τὼ ῐ̓́κνῠε
tṑ íknue		 τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓́κνῡς / ῐ̓́κνῠᾰς
tā̀s íknūs / íknuas
Vocative ῐ̓́κνῠ
íknu		 ῐ̓́κνῠε
íknue		 ῐ̓́κνῠες
íknues
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “ἴκνυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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