ὄστλιγξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄστλιγξ (ástlinx)
Etymology
The formation is similar to θῶμιγξ (thôminx), ἶλιγξ (îlinx) and στρόφιγξ (stróphinx). The presence of the variant shows that the word is from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ós.tliŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/
Noun
ὄστλῐγξ • (óstlinx) f (genitive ὄστλῐγγος); third declension
- curled hair, lock of hair
- tendril of vine
- curling flame
- arm of a cuttlefish
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ὄστλῐγξ; τῆς ὄστλῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὄστλῐγξ hē óstlinx | τὼ ὄστλῐγγε tṑ óstlinge | αἱ ὄστλῐγγες hai óstlinges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὄστλῐγγος tês óstlingos | τοῖν ὀστλῐ́γγοιν toîn ostlíngoin | τῶν ὀστλῐ́γγων tôn ostlíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὄστλῐγγῐ têi óstlingi | τοῖν ὀστλῐ́γγοιν toîn ostlíngoin | ταῖς ὄστλῐγξῐ / ὄστλῐγξῐν taîs óstlinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὄστλῐγγᾰ tḕn óstlinga | τὼ ὄστλῐγγε tṑ óstlinge | τᾱ̀ς ὄστλῐγγᾰς tā̀s óstlingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὄστλῐγξ óstlinx | ὄστλῐγγε óstlinge | ὄστλῐγγες óstlinges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ὄστλιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὄστλιγξ 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