"κτήνος" meaning in Greek

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Noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek κτῆνος (ktênos, “domestic animal; beast, ox or sheep”). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|κτῆνος||domestic animal; beast, ox or sheep}} Ancient Greek κτῆνος (ktênos, “domestic animal; beast, ox or sheep”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|κτήνη|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} κτήνος • (ktínos) n (plural κτήνη), {{el-noun|n|κτήνη}} κτήνος • (ktínos) n (plural κτήνη) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|κτήνος|κτήνη|κτήνους|κτηνών|κτήνος|κτήνη|κτήνος|κτήνη|note=}} Forms: ktínos [romanization], κτήνη [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], κτήνος [nominative, singular], κτήνη [nominative, plural], κτήνους [genitive, singular], κτηνών [genitive, plural], κτήνος [accusative, singular], κτήνη [accusative, plural], κτήνος [singular, vocative], κτήνη [plural, vocative], χτήνος [alternative]
  1. domestic animal, farm animal, beast
    Sense id: en-κτήνος-el-noun-lcIMUvfI Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'δάσος', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animals Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 77 10 13 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'δάσος': 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 5 5 Disambiguation of Animals: 64 26 10
  2. beast, animal, mammal Synonyms: ζώο
    Sense id: en-κτήνος-el-noun-bmjK8PsN
  3. (figuratively) wild person, brute, beast Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-κτήνος-el-noun-1wdjPIQq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: αρχικτηνίατρος (archiktiníatros) (english: chief vet) [feminine, masculine], κτηνάνθρωπος (ktinánthropos) (english: brutishman) [masculine], κτηνίατρος (ktiníatros) (english: vet) [feminine, masculine], κτηνοβασία (ktinovasía) (english: beastiality) [feminine], κτηνοβάτης (ktinovátis) (english: bestialist) [masculine], κτηνοβατώ (ktinovató) (english: I engage in bestiality), κτηνοτροφία (ktinotrofía) (english: husbandry) [feminine], κτηνοτρόφος (ktinotrófos) (english: stockman) [feminine, masculine], κτηνώδης (ktinódis) (english: animallike,brutish) [adjective] Related terms (and see): αποκτηνώνω (apoktinóno) (english: to brutalise)
Disambiguation of 'and see': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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