κύφων

See also: κυφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῡφός (kūphós, “curved, round”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῡ́φων • (kū́phōn) m (genitive κῡ́φωνος); third declension

  1. the bent yoke of the plough
  2. a sort of pillory in which criminals were fastened by the neck, the stocks
  3. one who has had his neck in the pillory, a knave

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κῡ́φων; τοῦ κῡ́φωνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κῡ́φων
ho kū́phōn 		τὼ κῡ́φωνε
tṑ kū́phōne 		οἱ κῡ́φωνες
hoi kū́phōnes
Genitive τοῦ κῡ́φωνος
toû kū́phōnos 		τοῖν κῡφώνοιν
toîn kūphṓnoin 		τῶν κῡφώνων
tôn kūphṓnōn
Dative τῷ κῡ́φωνῐ
tōî kū́phōnĭ 		τοῖν κῡφώνοιν
toîn kūphṓnoin 		τοῖς κῡ́φωσῐ / κῡ́φωσῐν
toîs kū́phōsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κῡ́φωνᾰ
tòn kū́phōnă 		τὼ κῡ́φωνε
tṑ kū́phōne 		τοὺς κῡ́φωνᾰς
toùs kū́phōnăs
Vocative κῡ́φων
kū́phōn 		κῡ́φωνε
kū́phōne 		κῡ́φωνες
kū́phōnes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κῡφωνισμός (kūphōnismós)
    • → Latin: cȳphōnismus
      • → English: cyphonism

Descendants

  • Greek: κύφωνας (kýfonas)

Further reading

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