λέγνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No etymology. Perhaps Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.ɡnon/ → /ˈle.ɣnon/ → /ˈle.ɣnon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.ɡnon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡnon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɣnon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɣnon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɣnon/

Noun

λέγνον • (légnon) n (genitive λέγνου); second declension

1. coloured edging or border of a garment
2. (anatomy) border of the womb

   Synonym: ὄσχῐον (óskhion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λέγνον; τοῦ λέγνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λέγνον tò légnon	τὼ λέγνω tṑ légnō	τᾰ̀ λέγνᾰ tà légna
Genitive	τοῦ λέγνου toû légnou	τοῖν λέγνοιν toîn légnoin	τῶν λέγνων tôn légnōn
Dative	τῷ λέγνῳ tôi légnōi	τοῖν λέγνοιν toîn légnoin	τοῖς λέγνοις toîs légnois
Accusative	τὸ λέγνον tò légnon	τὼ λέγνω tṑ légnō	τᾰ̀ λέγνᾰ tà légna
Vocative	λέγνον légnon	λέγνω légnō	λέγνᾰ légna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λεγνόω (legnóō)
• λεγνώδης (legnṓdēs)
• λεγνωτός (legnōtós)

 

Further reading

• “λέγνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λέγνον 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