λαιμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Furnée compares this word with λαιφός (laiphós) and λαιφάσσω (laiphássō), which proves Pre-Greek origin. Possibly related also to λαῖπος (laîpos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lai̯.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lɛˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lɛˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈmos/
Noun
λαιμός • (laimós) m (genitive λαιμοῦ); second declension
- (anatomy) throat, gullet
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ λαιμός; τοῦ λαιμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λαιμός ho laimós | τὼ λαιμώ tṑ laimṓ | οἱ λαιμοί hoi laimoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λαιμοῦ toû laimoû | τοῖν λαιμοῖν toîn laimoîn | τῶν λαιμῶν tôn laimôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λαιμῷ tôi laimôi | τοῖν λαιμοῖν toîn laimoîn | τοῖς λαιμοῖς toîs laimoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λαιμόν tòn laimón | τὼ λαιμώ tṑ laimṓ | τοὺς λαιμούς toùs laimoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λαιμέ laimé | λαιμώ laimṓ | λαιμοί laimoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λαιμαγχία (laimankhía)
- λαίμαργος (laímargos)
- λαιμάσσω (laimássō)
- λαίμαστρον (laímastron)
- λαιμάω (laimáō)
- λαιμίζω (laimízō)
- λαιμοδακής (laimodakḗs)
- λαιμοπέδη (laimopédē)
- λαιμόρρυτος (laimórrhutos)
- λαιμότμητος (laimótmētos)
- λαιμοτόμος (laimotómos)
- λαιμώρη (laimṓrē)
Descendants
- Greek: λαιμός (laimós)
References
- λαιμός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λαιμός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαιμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λαιμός (laimós), probably a Pre-Greek word; compare λαῖπος (laîpos), λαιφάσσω (laiphássō, “to gulp down, swallow”), and λαιφός (laiphós).
Noun
λαιμός • (laimós) m (plural λαιμοί)
- (anatomy) neck, throat
Declension
declension of λαιμός
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | λαιμός • | λαιμοί • | |
genitive | λαιμού • | λαιμών • | |
accusative | λαιμό • | λαιμούς • | |
vocative | λαιμέ • | λαιμοί • | |
Alternative accusative singular form: λαιμόν (Katharevousa) |
Synonyms
- αυχένας m (afchénas, “neck, nape of neck”)
- τράχηλος m (tráchilos, “neck”)
Derived terms
- μαυρόλαιμος (mavrólaimos, “black-throated”)
- κοκκινολαίμης m (kokkinolaímis, “robin”, literally “red throat”)
See also
- αυχενικός (afchenikós, “cervical”)
References
- 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