λυχνοκαΐα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) + καίω (kaíō, “to light, kindle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kʰno.ka.í.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ly.kʰno.kaˈi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ly.xno.kaˈi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ly.xno.kaˈi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /li.xno.kaˈi.a/
Noun
λῠχνοκαΐᾱ • (lukhnokaḯā) f (genitive λῠχνοκαΐᾱς); first declension
- illumination produced by lamps, lighting
- festival of lamps, held in Sais
Inflection
First declension of ἡ λῠχνοκαΐᾱ; τῆς λῠχνοκαΐᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λῠχνοκαΐᾱ hē lukhnokaḯā | τὼ λῠχνοκαΐᾱ tṑ lukhnokaḯā | αἱ λῠχνοκαΐαι hai lukhnokaḯai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λῠχνοκαΐᾱς tês lukhnokaḯās | τοῖν λῠχνοκαΐαιν toîn lukhnokaḯain | τῶν λῠχνοκαϊῶν tôn lukhnokaïôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λῠχνοκαΐᾳ têi lukhnokaḯāi | λῠχνοκαΐαιν lukhnokaḯain | ταῖς λῠχνοκαΐαις taîs lukhnokaḯais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λῠχνοκαΐᾱν tḕn lukhnokaḯān | λῠχνοκαΐᾱ lukhnokaḯā | τᾱ̀ς λῠχνοκαΐᾱς tā̀s lukhnokaḯās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λῠχνοκαΐᾱ lukhnokaḯā | λῠχνοκαΐᾱ lukhnokaḯā | λῠχνοκαΐαι lukhnokaḯai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- λυχνοκαΐα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λυχνοκαΐα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette