Κύνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The name's meaning is unknown, but suggestive of Pre-Greek forms.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κῠ́νθος • (Kúnthos) m (genitive Κῠ́νθου); second declension

  1. Cynthus, a mountain in Delos, Cyclades, Greece

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Κύνθος (Kýnthos)
  • Latin: Cynthus

References

  • Κύνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κύνθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
  • 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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