πυγολαμπίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῠρολᾰμπῐ́ς (purolampís)

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, buttocks”) +‎ λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine, gleam”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyː.ɡo.lam.pís/ → /py.ɣo.lamˈpis/ → /pi.ɣo.lamˈbis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.ɡo.lam.pís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.ɡo.lamˈpis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.ɣo.lamˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.ɣo.lamˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.ɣo.lamˈbis/

Noun

πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς • (pūgolampís) f (genitive πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος); third declension

1. glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)

   Synonym: λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς (lampurís)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς; τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς hē pūgolampís	τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε tṑ pūgolampíde	αἱ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες hai pūgolampídes
Genitive	τῆς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δος tês pūgolampídos	τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn pūgolampídoin	τῶν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δων tôn pūgolampídōn
Dative	τῇ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δῐ têi pūgolampídi	τοῖν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δοιν toîn pūgolampídoin	ταῖς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐ / πῡγολᾰμπῐ́σῐν taîs pūgolampísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰ tḕn pūgolampída	τὼ πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε tṑ pūgolampíde	τᾱ̀ς πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s pūgolampídas
Vocative	πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς pūgolampís	πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δε pūgolampíde	πῡγολᾰμπῐ́δες pūgolampídes
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.

Further reading

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