ἶλιγξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- εἴλιγξ (eílinx), ἴλιξ (ílix)
Etymology
Formation like θῶμιγξ (thôminx) and ὄστλιγξ (óstlinx). The word is either directly from είλέω (eíléō, “to turn, wind”) or via an unknown noun. On account of the suffix, one could separate the word from εἰλέω (eiléō) as Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /îː.liŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
Noun
ἶλῐγξ • (îlinx) f (genitive ἴ̄λῐγγος); third declension
- whirlpool, eddy
- Synonym: δῑ́νη (dī́nē)
- dizziness, vertigo
- (in the plural) wreaths of smoke
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἶλῐγξ; τῆς ἰ̄λῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἶλῐγξ hē îlinx | τὼ ἰ̄λῐγγε tṑ īlinge | αἱ ἰ̄λῐγγες hai īlinges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἰ̄λῐγγος tês īlingos | τοῖν ἰ̄λῐ́γγοιν toîn īlíngoin | τῶν ἰ̄λῐ́γγων tôn īlíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἰ̄λῐγγῐ têi īlingi | ἰ̄λῐ́γγοιν īlíngoin | ταῖς ἰ̄λῐγξῐ / ἰ̄λῐγξῐν taîs īlinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἰ̄λῐγγᾰ tḕn īlinga | ἰ̄λῐγγε īlinge | τᾱ̀ς ἰ̄λῐγγᾰς tā̀s īlingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἶλῐγξ îlinx | ἰ̄λῐγγε īlinge | ἰ̄λῐγγες īlinges | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἰλιγγιάω (ilingiáō)
- ἰλιγγιώδης (ilingiṓdēs)
- ἴλιγγος (ílingos)
References
- ἶλιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἶλιγξ 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