λοιγός
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /loi̯.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈɣos/
Noun
λοιγός • (loigós) m (genitive λοιγοῦ); second declension
- destruction, ruin
Declension
Second declension of ὁ λοιγός; τοῦ λοιγοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λοιγός ho loigós | τὼ λοιγώ tṑ loigṓ | οἱ λοιγοί hoi loigoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λοιγοῦ toû loigoû | τοῖν λοιγοῖν toîn loigoîn | τῶν λοιγῶν tôn loigôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λοιγῷ tôi loigôi | τοῖν λοιγοῖν toîn loigoîn | τοῖς λοιγοῖς toîs loigoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λοιγόν tòn loigón | τὼ λοιγώ tṑ loigṓ | τοὺς λοιγούς toùs loigoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λοιγέ loigé | λοιγώ loigṓ | λοιγοί loigoí | ||||||||||
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Adjective
λοιγός • (loigós) m or f (neuter λοιγόν); second declension
- Synonym of λοίγιος (loígios): deadly, pestilent (epithet of Mars (Ares)
Derived terms
- ἀθηρηλοιγός m (athērēloigós, “consumer of chaff”)
- βροτολοιγός (brotoloigós, “bane of man”)
Further reading
- λοιγός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λοιγός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- λοιγός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press