λυχνοκαΐα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) +‎ καίω (kaíō, “to light, kindle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kʰno.ka.í.aː/ → /ly.xno.kaˈi.a/ → /li.xno.kaˈi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kʰno.ka.í.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.kʰno.kaˈi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.xno.kaˈi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.xno.kaˈi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.xno.kaˈi.a/

Noun

λῠχνοκαΐᾱ • (lukhnokaḯā) f (genitive λῠχνοκαΐᾱς); first declension

1. illumination produced by lamps, lighting
2. festival of lamps, held in Sais

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῠχνοκαΐᾱ; τῆς λῠχνοκαΐᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῠχνοκαΐᾱ hē lukhnokaḯā	τὼ λῠχνοκαΐᾱ tṑ lukhnokaḯā	αἱ λῠχνοκαΐαι hai lukhnokaḯai
Genitive	τῆς λῠχνοκαΐᾱς tês lukhnokaḯās	τοῖν λῠχνοκαΐαιν toîn lukhnokaḯain	τῶν λῠχνοκαϊῶν tôn lukhnokaïôn
Dative	τῇ λῠχνοκαΐᾳ têi lukhnokaḯāi	τοῖν λῠχνοκαΐαιν toîn lukhnokaḯain	ταῖς λῠχνοκαΐαις taîs lukhnokaḯais
Accusative	τὴν λῠχνοκαΐᾱν tḕn lukhnokaḯān	τὼ λῠχνοκαΐᾱ tṑ lukhnokaḯā	τᾱ̀ς λῠχνοκαΐᾱς tā̀s lukhnokaḯās
Vocative	λῠχνοκαΐᾱ lukhnokaḯā	λῠχνοκαΐᾱ lukhnokaḯā	λῠχνοκαΐαι lukhnokaḯai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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