κυάνεος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κῠᾰνοῦς (kuanoûs) – contracted

Etymology

From κῠ́ᾰνος (kúanos, “dark-blue enamel”) +‎ -εος (-eos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.á.ne.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈa.ne.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈa.ne.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈa.ne.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈa.ne.os/

Adjective

κῠᾰ́νεος • (kuáneos) m (feminine κῠᾰνέᾱ, neuter κῠᾰ́νεον); first/second declension

of the color of κῠ́ᾰνος (kúanos): dark, dark-blue

Inflection

First and second declension of κῠᾰ́νεος; κῠᾰνέᾱ; κῠᾰ́νεον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κῠᾰ́νεος kuáneos	κῠᾰνέᾱ kuanéā	κῠᾰ́νεον kuáneon	κῠᾰνέω kuanéō	κῠᾰνέᾱ kuanéā	κῠᾰνέω kuanéō	κῠᾰ́νεοι kuáneoi	κῠᾰ́νεαι kuáneai	κῠᾰ́νεᾰ kuánea
Genitive	κῠᾰνέου kuanéou	κῠᾰνέᾱς kuanéās	κῠᾰνέου kuanéou	κῠᾰνέοιν kuanéoin	κῠᾰνέαιν kuanéain	κῠᾰνέοιν kuanéoin	κῠᾰνέων kuanéōn	κῠᾰνέων kuanéōn	κῠᾰνέων kuanéōn
Dative	κῠᾰνέῳ kuanéōi	κῠᾰνέᾳ kuanéāi	κῠᾰνέῳ kuanéōi	κῠᾰνέοιν kuanéoin	κῠᾰνέαιν kuanéain	κῠᾰνέοιν kuanéoin	κῠᾰνέοις kuanéois	κῠᾰνέαις kuanéais	κῠᾰνέοις kuanéois
Accusative	κῠᾰ́νεον kuáneon	κῠᾰνέᾱν kuanéān	κῠᾰ́νεον kuáneon	κῠᾰνέω kuanéō	κῠᾰνέᾱ kuanéā	κῠᾰνέω kuanéō	κῠᾰνέους kuanéous	κῠᾰνέᾱς kuanéās	κῠᾰ́νεᾰ kuánea
Vocative	κῠᾰ́νεε kuánee	κῠᾰνέᾱ kuanéā	κῠᾰ́νεον kuáneon	κῠᾰνέω kuanéō	κῠᾰνέᾱ kuanéā	κῠᾰνέω kuanéō	κῠᾰ́νεοι kuáneoi	κῠᾰ́νεαι kuáneai	κῠᾰ́νεᾰ kuánea
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κῠᾰνέως kuanéōs			κῠᾰνεώτερος kuaneṓteros			κῠᾰνεώτᾰτος kuaneṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Colors in Ancient Greek · χρῶμᾰ (khrôma), χρώμᾰτᾰ (khrṓmata) (layout · text)
λευκός (leukós)	πολῐός (poliós), γλαυκός (glaukós), φαιός (phaiós), χαροπός (kharopós)	μέλᾱς (mélās), κελαινός (kelainós)
ἐρῠθρός (eruthrós); κᾰρῡ́κῐνος (karū́kinos), κόκκῐνος (kókkinos), φοινός (phoinós)	πυρρός (purrhós); ὄρφνῐνος (órphninos)	ξᾰνθός (xanthós), μήλινος (mḗlinos); ὠχρός (ōkhrós)
πρᾰ́σῐνος (prásinos)	χλωρός (khlōrós)	χλωρός (khlōrós); χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās)
κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos); γλαυκός (glaukós), κᾰλάϊνος (kaláïnos)	κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos)	κῠᾰ́νεος (kuáneos), ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος (huakínthinos)
φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos), ἰόεις (ióeis); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos), οἶνοψ (oînops)	φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (halourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphúreos)	ῥόδινος (rhódinos), ῥοδόεις (rhodóeis)

References

“κυάνεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κυάνεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“κυάνεος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κυάνεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κυάνεος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“κυάνεος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- azure idem, page 57.
- blue idem, page 85.
- cerulean idem, page 122.

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