λύγινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λύγος (lúgos, “chaste tree”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lý.ɡi.nos/ → /ˈly.ʝi.nos/ → /ˈli.ʝi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lý.ɡi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ɡi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ʝi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ʝi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ʝi.nos/

Adjective

λύγῐνος • (lúginos) m (feminine λῠγίνη, neuter λύγῐνον); first/second declension

1. of chaste tree

Inflection

First and second declension of λῠ́γῐνος; λῠγῐ́νη; λῠ́γῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῠ́γῐνος lúginos	λῠγῐ́νη lugínē	λῠ́γῐνον lúginon		λῠγῐ́νω lugínō	λῠγῐ́νᾱ lugínā	λῠγῐ́νω lugínō		λῠ́γῐνοι lúginoi	λῠ́γῐναι lúginai	λῠ́γῐνᾰ lúgina
Genitive		λῠγῐ́νου lugínou	λῠγῐ́νης lugínēs	λῠγῐ́νου lugínou		λῠγῐ́νοιν lugínoin	λῠγῐ́ναιν lugínain	λῠγῐ́νοιν lugínoin		λῠγῐ́νων lugínōn	λῠγῐ́νων lugínōn	λῠγῐ́νων lugínōn
Dative		λῠγῐ́νῳ lugínōi	λῠγῐ́νῃ lugínēi	λῠγῐ́νῳ lugínōi		λῠγῐ́νοιν lugínoin	λῠγῐ́ναιν lugínain	λῠγῐ́νοιν lugínoin		λῠγῐ́νοις lugínois	λῠγῐ́ναις lugínais	λῠγῐ́νοις lugínois
Accusative		λῠ́γῐνον lúginon	λῠγῐ́νην lugínēn	λῠ́γῐνον lúginon		λῠγῐ́νω lugínō	λῠγῐ́νᾱ lugínā	λῠγῐ́νω lugínō		λῠγῐ́νους lugínous	λῠγῐ́νᾱς lugínās	λῠ́γῐνᾰ lúgina
Vocative		λῠ́γῐνε lúgine	λῠγῐ́νη lugínē	λῠ́γῐνον lúginon		λῠγῐ́νω lugínō	λῠγῐ́νᾱ lugínā	λῠγῐ́νω lugínō		λῠ́γῐνοι lúginoi	λῠ́γῐναι lúginai	λῠ́γῐνᾰ lúgina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῠγῐ́νως lugínōs				λῠγῐνώτερος luginṓteros				λῠγῐνώτᾰτος luginṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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