ἀλάλυγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
One suggests contamination form of λύγξ (lúnx, “hiccup”) and another word, like ἀλύω (alúō, “to be deeply stirred, excited”) or ἀλάομαι (aláomai, “to wander, roam”); this is not very convincing. According to Beekes, it is rather a primary onomatopoeic formation, with the Pre-Greek suffix -υγγ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lá.lyŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈla.lyŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈla.lyŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈla.lyŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈla.liŋks/
Noun
ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ • (alálunx) m (genitive ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος); third declension
- gulping, choking
- Synonym: λῠγμός (lugmós)
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ; τοῦ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ ho alálunx | τὼ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε tṑ alálunge | οἱ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγες hoi alálunges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος toû alálungos | τοῖν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγοιν toîn alalúngoin | τῶν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγων tôn alalúngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγῐ tôi alálungi | ἀλᾰλῠ́γγοιν alalúngoin | τοῖς ἀλᾰ́λῠγξῐ / ἀλᾰ́λῠγξῐν toîs alálunxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀλᾰ́λῠγγᾰ tòn alálunga | ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε alálunge | τοὺς ἀλᾰ́λῠγγᾰς toùs alálungas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ alálunx | ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε alálunge | ἀλᾰ́λῠγγες alálunges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀλάλυγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλάλυγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλάλυγξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- 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