δόλιχος

See also: δολιχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δολιχός (dolikhós). The bean has perhaps been made known to the Greeks by Alexander’s campaign.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dó.li.kʰos/ → /ˈðo.li.xos/ → /ˈðo.li.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.li.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.li.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.li.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.li.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.li.xos/

Noun

δόλῐχος • (dólikhos) m (genitive δόλῐχου); second declension

1. long course in the arena
   1. a measure of length based on this
2. yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δόλῐχος; τοῦ δολῐ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δόλῐχος ho dólikhos	τὼ δολῐ́χω tṑ dolíkhō	οἱ δόλῐχοι hoi dólikhoi
Genitive	τοῦ δολῐ́χου toû dolíkhou	τοῖν δολῐ́χοιν toîn dolíkhoin	τῶν δολῐ́χων tôn dolíkhōn
Dative	τῷ δολῐ́χῳ tôi dolíkhōi	τοῖν δολῐ́χοιν toîn dolíkhoin	τοῖς δολῐ́χοις toîs dolíkhois
Accusative	τὸν δόλῐχον tòn dólikhon	τὼ δολῐ́χω tṑ dolíkhō	τοὺς δολῐ́χους toùs dolíkhous
Vocative	δόλῐχε dólikhe	δολῐ́χω dolíkhō	δόλῐχοι dólikhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δολῐχοδρόμος (dolikhodrómos)

Descendants

• → Latin: dolichos

Further reading

• “δόλιχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δόλιχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δόλιχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δόλιχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)