λέκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Alleged by Beekes to be similar to ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) and related to λεκάνη (lekánē, “basin, dish”) and derived from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

λέκος • (lékos) n (genitive λέκεος); third declension

1. dish, pot, pan

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ λέκος; τοῦ λέκεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λέκος tò lékos	τὼ λέκεε tṑ lékee	τᾰ̀ λέκεᾰ tà lékea
Genitive	τοῦ λέκεος toû lékeos	τοῖν λεκέοιν toîn lekéoin	τῶν λεκέων tôn lekéōn
Dative	τῷ λέκεῐ̈ tôi lékeï	τοῖν λεκέοιν toîn lekéoin	τοῖς λέκεσῐ / λέκεσῐν toîs lékesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ λέκος tò lékos	τὼ λέκεε tṑ lékee	τᾰ̀ λέκεᾰ tà lékea
Vocative	λέκος lékos	λέκεε lékee	λέκεᾰ lékea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λεκάριον (lekárion)
• λεκίς (lekís)

 

References

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