λυκάβας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λυκάβαν (lukában) (accusative case singular)
λυκάμας (lukámas)

Etymology

Often derived from an unattested *λύκη (*lúkē, “light”) + *βᾱ́ς (*bā́s, “going”) (seen in βιβᾱ́ς (bibā́s)), as “path of light”, but Beekes finds this unconvincing. He rather suggests a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the alternative form with "μ" and the suffix "-αντ-".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.ká.baːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈka.bas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈka.βas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈka.vas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈka.vas/

Noun

λῠκᾰ́βᾱς • (lukábās) m (genitive λῠκᾰ́βᾰντος); third declension

year

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λῠκᾰ́βᾱς; τοῦ λῠκᾰ́βᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῠκᾰ́βᾱς ho lukábās	τὼ λῠκᾰ́βᾰντε tṑ lukábante	οἱ λῠκᾰ́βᾰντες hoi lukábantes
Genitive	τοῦ λῠκᾰ́βᾰντος toû lukábantos	τοῖν λῠκᾰβᾰ́ντοιν toîn lukabántoin	τῶν λῠκᾰβᾰ́ντων tôn lukabántōn
Dative	τῷ λῠκᾰ́βᾰντῐ tôi lukábanti	τοῖν λῠκᾰβᾰ́ντοιν toîn lukabántoin	τοῖς λῠκᾰ́βᾱσῐ / λῠκᾰ́βᾱσῐν toîs lukábāsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λῠκᾰ́βᾰντᾰ tòn lukábanta	τὼ λῠκᾰ́βᾰντε tṑ lukábante	τοὺς λῠκᾰ́βᾰντᾰς toùs lukábantas
Vocative	λῠκᾰ́βᾰν lukában	λῠκᾰ́βᾰντε lukábante	λῠκᾰ́βᾰντες lukábantes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

λυκαβαντίδες ὧραι (lukabantídes hôrai)

“λυκάβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“λυκάβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
λυκάβας 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