λαυκανίη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λευκανίη (leukaníē)

Etymology

Formation like ἀρτηρία (artēría), from an unattested *λαυκάνη (*laukánē). An aspirated by-form appears in λαυχάνη (laukhánē, “tongue; language”). Since there are no certain correspondences (Lithuanian liaukà (“gland”) has been proposed, but does not convince), and as there is a variant with -χ-, Pre-Greek origin is almost certain. The form in λευκ- may be folk-etymological after λευκός (leukós, “white”), but may also be due to substrate origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lau̯.ka.ní.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laʍ.kaˈni.e̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laɸ.kaˈni.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laf.kaˈni.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laf.kaˈni.i/

Noun

λαυκᾰνῐ́η • (laukaníē) f (genitive λαυκᾰνῐ́ης); first declension

(anatomy) throat

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λαυκᾰνῐ́η; τῆς λαυκᾰνῐ́ης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λαυκᾰνῐ́η hē laukaníē	τὼ λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ laukaníā	αἱ λαυκᾰνῐ́αι hai laukaníai
Genitive	τῆς λαυκᾰνῐ́ης tês laukaníēs	τοῖν λαυκᾰνῐ́αιν toîn laukaníain	τῶν λαυκᾰνῐῶν tôn laukaniôn
Dative	τῇ λαυκᾰνῐ́ῃ têi laukaníēi	τοῖν λαυκᾰνῐ́αιν toîn laukaníain	ταῖς λαυκᾰνῐ́αις taîs laukaníais
Accusative	τὴν λαυκᾰνῐ́ην tḕn laukaníēn	τὼ λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ laukaníā	τᾱ̀ς λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s laukaníās
Vocative	λαυκᾰνῐ́η laukaníē	λαυκᾰνῐ́ᾱ laukaníā	λαυκᾰνῐ́αι laukaníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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