λειχήν
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From λείχω (leíkhō, “to lick”), derived with the meaning “the one who licks”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leː.kʰɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /liˈkʰe̝n/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /liˈçin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /liˈçin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈçin/
Noun edit
λειχήν • (leikhḗn) m (genitive λειχῆνος); third declension
- Liverwort
- Lichen-like disease affecting the skin of animals; sycosis
- Blight or canker of the ground
- Callosity on the foreleg of horses
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λειχήν ho leikhḗn |
τὼ λειχῆνε tṑ leikhêne |
οἱ λειχῆνες hoi leikhênes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λειχῆνος toû leikhênos |
τοῖν λειχήνοιν toîn leikhḗnoin |
τῶν λειχήνων tôn leikhḗnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λειχῆνῐ tôi leikhêni |
τοῖν λειχήνοιν toîn leikhḗnoin |
τοῖς λειχῆσῐ / λειχῆσῐν toîs leikhêsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λειχῆνᾰ tòn leikhêna |
τὼ λειχῆνε tṑ leikhêne |
τοὺς λειχῆνᾰς toùs leikhênas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λειχήν leikhḗn |
λειχῆνε leikhêne |
λειχῆνες leikhênes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἱππολειχήν (hippoleikhḗn)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “λειχήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λείχω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 846