λυχνίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λύχνις (lúkhnis)

Etymology

From λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kʰnís/ → /lyˈxnis/ → /liˈxnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kʰnís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈkʰnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈxnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈxnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈxnis/

Noun

λῠχνῐ́ς • (lukhnís) f (genitive λῠχνῐ́δος); third declension

1. rose campion (Silene coronaria, syn. Lychnis coronaria)

   Synonym: βάλαρις (bálaris)

2. precious stone that emits light, perhaps ruby

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς; τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠχνῐ́ς hē lukhnís	τὼ λῠχνῐ́δε tṑ lukhníde	αἱ λῠχνῐ́δες hai lukhnídes
Genitive	τῆς λῠχνῐ́δος tês lukhnídos	τοῖν λῠχνῐ́δοιν toîn lukhnídoin	τῶν λῠχνῐ́δων tôn lukhnídōn
Dative	τῇ λῠχνῐ́δῐ têi lukhnídi	τοῖν λῠχνῐ́δοιν toîn lukhnídoin	ταῖς λῠχνῐ́σῐ / λῠχνῐ́σῐν taîs lukhnísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λῠχνῐ́δᾰ tḕn lukhnída	τὼ λῠχνῐ́δε tṑ lukhníde	τᾱ̀ς λῠχνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lukhnídas
Vocative	λῠχνῐ́ς lukhnís	λῠχνῐ́δε lukhníde	λῠχνῐ́δες lukhnídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: lychnis
• → Translingual: Lychnis

Further reading

• “λυχνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λυχνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette