λέμφος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFurnée recognized that this is the same word as λάμπη (lámpē, “scum, foam”), which shows characteristic Pre-Greek variation.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lém.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlem.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlem.fos/
Noun
editλέμφος • (lémphos) m (genitive λέμφου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λέμφος ho lémphos |
τὼ λέμφω tṑ lémphō |
οἱ λέμφοι hoi lémphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λέμφου toû lémphou |
τοῖν λέμφοιν toîn lémphoin |
τῶν λέμφων tôn lémphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λέμφῳ tôi lémphōi |
τοῖν λέμφοιν toîn lémphoin |
τοῖς λέμφοις toîs lémphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λέμφον tòn lémphon |
τὼ λέμφω tṑ lémphō |
τοὺς λέμφους toùs lémphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέμφε lémphe |
λέμφω lémphō |
λέμφοι lémphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- λεμφώδης (lemphṓdēs)
Further reading
edit- “λέμφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λέμφος 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
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
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