λιθουργός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίθος (líthos) +‎ ἔργω (érgō) +‎ -ός (-ós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.tʰuːr.ɡós/ → /li.θurˈɣos/ → /li.θurˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.tʰuːr.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.tʰurˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.θurˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.θurˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.θurˈɣos/

Noun

λῐθουργός • (lithourgós) m (genitive λῐθουργοῦ); second declension

1. stonemason, sculptor

Declension

Second declension of ὁ λῐθουργός; τοῦ λῐθουργοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῐθουργός ho lithourgós	τὼ λῐθουργώ tṑ lithourgṓ	οἱ λῐθουργοί hoi lithourgoí
Genitive	τοῦ λῐθουργοῦ toû lithourgoû	τοῖν λῐθουργοῖν toîn lithourgoîn	τῶν λῐθουργῶν tôn lithourgôn
Dative	τῷ λῐθουργῷ tôi lithourgôi	τοῖν λῐθουργοῖν toîn lithourgoîn	τοῖς λῐθουργοῖς toîs lithourgoîs
Accusative	τὸν λῐθουργόν tòn lithourgón	τὼ λῐθουργώ tṑ lithourgṓ	τοὺς λῐθουργούς toùs lithourgoús
Vocative	λῐθουργέ lithourgé	λῐθουργώ lithourgṓ	λῐθουργοί lithourgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λιθουργεῖον (lithourgeîon)
• λιθουργέω (lithourgéō)
• λιθουργής (lithourgḗs)
• λιθουργία (lithourgía)
• λιθουργικός (lithourgikós)

 

Further reading

• λιθουργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λιθουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • mason idem, page 516.
  • stone-mason idem, page 819.