κώνωψ

Ancient Greek

Beekes dismisses a derivation from κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) and ὤψ (ṓps, “face”) and prefers to derive it from Pre-Greek.

κώνωψ • (kṓnōps) m (genitive κώνωπος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ κώνωψ; τοῦ κώνωπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κώνωψ ho kṓnōps	τὼ κώνωπε tṑ kṓnōpe	οἱ κώνωπες hoi kṓnōpes
Genitive	τοῦ κώνωπος toû kṓnōpos	τοῖν κωνώποιν toîn kōnṓpoin	τῶν κωνώπων tôn kōnṓpōn
Dative	τῷ κώνωπῐ tôi kṓnōpi	τοῖν κωνώποιν toîn kōnṓpoin	τοῖς κώνωψῐ / κώνωψῐν toîs kṓnōpsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κώνωπᾰ tòn kṓnōpa	τὼ κώνωπε tṑ kṓnōpe	τοὺς κώνωπᾰς toùs kṓnōpas
Vocative	κώνωψ kṓnōps	κώνωπε kṓnōpe	κώνωπες kṓnōpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.