σπῆλυγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspe̝.lyŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspi.liŋks/
Noun
σπῆλῠγξ • (spêlunx) f (genitive σπήλῠγγος); third declension
- cave
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ σπῆλῠγξ; τῆς σπήλῠγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σπῆλῠγξ hē spêlunx | τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge | αἱ σπήλῠγγες hai spḗlunges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σπήλῠγγος tês spḗlungos | τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin | τῶν σπηλῠ́γγων tôn spēlúngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σπήλῠγγῐ têi spḗlungi | τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin | ταῖς σπήλῠγξῐ / σπήλῠγξῐν taîs spḗlunxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σπήλῠγγᾰ tḕn spḗlunga | τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge | τᾱ̀ς σπήλῠγγᾰς tā̀s spḗlungas | ||||||||||
Vocative | σπῆλῠγξ spêlunx | σπήλῠγγε spḗlunge | σπήλῠγγες spḗlunges | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- σπήλαιον (spḗlaion)
Descendants
- Latin: spēlunca
Further reading
- “σπῆλυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπῆλυγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette