σπῆλυγξ

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA^(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋkʰs/ → /ˈspi.lyŋxs/ → /ˈspi.liŋks/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋkʰs/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspe.lyŋkʰs/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.lyŋxs/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.liŋks/

NounEdit

σπῆλῠγξ • (spêlunx) f (genitive σπήλῠγγος); third declension

1. cave

InflectionEdit

Third declension of ἡ σπῆλῠγξ; τῆς σπήλῠγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπῆλῠγξ hē spêlunx	τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge	αἱ σπήλῠγγες hai spḗlunges
Genitive	τῆς σπήλῠγγος tês spḗlungos	τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin	τῶν σπηλῠ́γγων tôn spēlúngōn
Dative	τῇ σπήλῠγγῐ têi spḗlungi	τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin	ταῖς σπήλῠγξῐ(ν) taîs spḗlunxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπήλῠγγᾰ tḕn spḗlunga	τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge	τᾱ̀ς σπήλῠγγᾰς tā̀s spḗlungas
Vocative	σπῆλῠγξ spêlunx	σπήλῠγγε spḗlunge	σπήλῠγγες spḗlunges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ξ (-x) is a neutralization of γ (g) + the nominative singular suffix -ς (-s).

SynonymsEdit

• σπήλαιον (spḗlaion)

DescendantsEdit

• Latin: spēlunca

Further readingEdit

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