λυχνίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λύχνις (lúkhnis)
Etymology
From λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kʰnís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈkʰnis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈxnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈxnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈxnis/
Noun
λῠχνῐ́ς • (lukhnís) f (genitive λῠχνῐ́δος); third declension
- rose campion (Lychnis coronaria)
- precious stone that emits light, perhaps ruby
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς; τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς hē lukhnís | τὼ λῠχνῐ́δε tṑ lukhníde | αἱ λῠχνῐ́δες hai lukhnídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος tês lukhnídos | τοῖν λῠχνῐ́δοιν toîn lukhnídoin | τῶν λῠχνῐ́δων tôn lukhnídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λῠχνῐ́δῐ têi lukhnídi | λῠχνῐ́δοιν lukhnídoin | ταῖς λῠχνῐ́σῐ / λῠχνῐ́σῐν taîs lukhnísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῠχνῐ́δᾰ tḕn lukhnída | λῠχνῐ́δε lukhníde | τᾱ̀ς λῠχνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lukhnídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῠχνῐ́ς lukhnís | λῠχνῐ́δε lukhníde | λῠχνῐ́δες lukhnídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: lychnis
- → Translingual: Lychnis
References
- λυχνίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λυχνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette