λαγνεία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λαγνείη (lagneíē)
Etymology
From λαγνεύω (lagneúō, “to have sex”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.ɡněː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈɡni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈɣni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈɣni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈɣni.a/
Noun
λαγνείᾱ • (lagneíā) f (genitive λαγνείᾱς); first declension
- sex, sexual intercourse
- lasciviousness
Inflection
First declension of ἡ λαγνείᾱ; τῆς λαγνείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λαγνείᾱ hē lagneíā | τὼ λαγνείᾱ tṑ lagneíā | αἱ λαγνεῖαι hai lagneîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λαγνείᾱς tês lagneíās | τοῖν λαγνείαιν toîn lagneíain | τῶν λαγνειῶν tôn lagneiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λαγνείᾳ têi lagneíāi | τοῖν λαγνείαιν toîn lagneíain | ταῖς λαγνείαις taîs lagneíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λαγνείᾱν tḕn lagneíān | τὼ λαγνείᾱ tṑ lagneíā | τᾱ̀ς λαγνείᾱς tā̀s lagneíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λαγνείᾱ lagneíā | λαγνείᾱ lagneíā | λαγνεῖαι lagneîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: λαγνεία (lagneía)
Further reading
- “λαγνεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λαγνεία (lagneía), derived from the verb λαγνεύω (lagneúō, “to have sex”).
Noun
λαγνεία • (lagneía) f (uncountable)
- lust, sexual desire
Declension
λαγνεία
case \\ number | singular | |
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nominative | λαγνεία • | |
genitive | λαγνείας • | |
accusative | λαγνεία • | |
vocative | λαγνεία • | |
the plural form λαγνείες is sometimes found |
See also
- επιθυμία f (epithymía, “desire”)