λεξικόν
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editAttested at least since 9th century (Photios' Bibliotheca). Ellipsis of λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of or pertaining to words”), formally a Neuter substantive of adjective λεξικός (lexikós), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “I speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lek.si.kón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lek.siˈkon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lek.siˈkon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lek.siˈkon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lek.siˈkon/
Noun
editλεξῐκόν • (lexikón) n (genitive λεξῐκοῦ); second declension
- (Byzantine) lexicon, dictionary
- Οὗ τινος εὑρεθείη ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ πίνακι διαγεγραμμένον ἕτερόν τι ἢ Γραφικὸν ἢ Λεξικὸν ἢ πρὸς ἀδελφὸν ἐπισταλτικόν, πλὴν οὗπερ ἐκμανθάνοι στιχηροῦ ἢ καθίσματος, ἀφοριζέσθω ἡμέραν μίαν.
- Hoû tinos heuretheíē en tôi idíōi pínaki diagegramménon héterón ti ḕ Graphikòn ḕ Lexikòn ḕ pròs adelphòn epistaltikón, plḕn hoûper ekmanthánoi stikhēroû ḕ kathísmatos, aphorizésthō hēméran mían.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λεξῐκόν tò lexikón |
τὼ λεξῐκώ tṑ lexikṓ |
τᾰ̀ λεξῐκᾰ́ tà lexiká | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λεξῐκοῦ toû lexikoû |
τοῖν λεξῐκοῖν toîn lexikoîn |
τῶν λεξῐκῶν tôn lexikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λεξῐκῷ tôi lexikôi |
τοῖν λεξῐκοῖν toîn lexikoîn |
τοῖς λεξῐκοῖς toîs lexikoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λεξῐκόν tò lexikón |
τὼ λεξῐκώ tṑ lexikṓ |
τᾰ̀ λεξῐκᾰ́ tà lexiká | ||||||||||
Vocative | λεξῐκόν lexikón |
λεξῐκώ lexikṓ |
λεξῐκᾰ́ lexiká | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: λεξικό (lexikó)
- → Aramaic: לכסיקון
- → Latin: lexicon
- → Church Slavonic: леѯико́нъ m (leksikónŭ)
- Unsorted
Adjective
editλεξῐκόν • (lexikón)
- inflection of λεξῐκός (lexikós):
References
edit- “λεξικόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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