λύκαψος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λυκαψίς (lukapsís), λύκοψος (lúkopsos)
Etymology
The formation is similar to χορδαψός (khordapsós), σκινδαψός (skindapsós) and γαληψός (galēpsós), so it is probably a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lý.kap.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈly.kap.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈly.kap.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈly.kap.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.kap.sos/
Noun
λύκαψος • (lúkapsos) m (genitive λῠκάψου); second declension
- viper's herb (Echium italicum)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ λύκαψος; τοῦ λυκάψου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λύκαψος ho lúkapsos | τὼ λυκάψω tṑ lukápsō | οἱ λύκαψοι hoi lúkapsoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λυκάψου toû lukápsou | τοῖν λυκάψοιν toîn lukápsoin | τῶν λυκάψων tôn lukápsōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λυκάψῳ tôi lukápsōi | τοῖν λυκάψοιν toîn lukápsoin | τοῖς λυκάψοις toîs lukápsois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λύκαψον tòn lúkapson | τὼ λυκάψω tṑ lukápsō | τοὺς λυκάψους toùs lukápsous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λύκαψε lúkapse | λυκάψω lukápsō | λύκαψοι lúkapsoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- λύκαψος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λύκαψος 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, →ISBN