πυκνός

Ancient Greek

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *puḱ- (“press together”); compare Avestan pusā- (pusā-, “headband, diadem”).^[1]

πυκνός • (puknós) m (feminine πυκνή, neuter πυκνόν); first/second declension

First and second declension of πῠκνός; πῠκνή; πῠκνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πῠκνός puknós	πῠκνή puknḗ	πῠκνόν puknón	πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνᾱ́ puknā́	πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνοί puknoí	πῠκναί puknaí	πῠκνᾰ́ pukná
Genitive	πῠκνοῦ puknoû	πῠκνῆς puknês	πῠκνοῦ puknoû	πῠκνοῖν puknoîn	πῠκναῖν puknaîn	πῠκνοῖν puknoîn	πῠκνῶν puknôn	πῠκνῶν puknôn	πῠκνῶν puknôn
Dative	πῠκνῷ puknôi	πῠκνῇ puknêi	πῠκνῷ puknôi	πῠκνοῖν puknoîn	πῠκναῖν puknaîn	πῠκνοῖν puknoîn	πῠκνοῖς puknoîs	πῠκναῖς puknaîs	πῠκνοῖς puknoîs
Accusative	πῠκνόν puknón	πῠκνήν puknḗn	πῠκνόν puknón	πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνᾱ́ puknā́	πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνούς puknoús	πῠκνᾱ́ς puknā́s	πῠκνᾰ́ pukná
Vocative	πῠκνέ pukné	πῠκνή puknḗ	πῠκνόν puknón	πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνᾱ́ puknā́	πῠκνώ puknṓ	πῠκνοί puknoí	πῠκναί puknaí	πῠκνᾰ́ pukná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πῠκνῶς puknôs			πῠκνότερος puknóteros			πῠκνότᾰτος puknótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

↑ 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