σπῆλυγξ
Contents
Ancient GreekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From σπέος (spéos, “cave, cavern”).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spɛ̂ː.lyŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspe.lyŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspi.lyŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspi.liŋks/
NounEdit
σπῆλῠγξ • (spêlunx) f (genitive σπήλῠγγος); third declension
InflectionEdit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σπῆλῠγξ hē spêlunx |
τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge |
αἱ σπήλῠγγες hai spḗlunges |
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Genitive | τῆς σπήλῠγγος tês spḗlungos |
τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin |
τῶν σπηλῠ́γγων tôn spēlúngōn |
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Dative | τῇ σπήλῠγγῐ têi spḗlungi |
τοῖν σπηλῠ́γγοιν toîn spēlúngoin |
ταῖς σπήλῠγξῐ(ν) taîs spḗlunxi(n) |
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Accusative | τὴν σπήλῠγγᾰ tḕn spḗlunga |
τὼ σπήλῠγγε tṑ spḗlunge |
τᾱ̀ς σπήλῠγγᾰς tā̀s spḗlungas |
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Vocative | σπῆλῠγξ spêlunx |
σπήλῠγγε spḗlunge |
σπήλῠγγες spḗlunges |
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Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. |
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