ἀλάλυγξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editOne suggests contamination form of λύγξ (lúnx, “hiccup”) and another word, like ἀλύω (alúō, “to be deeply stirred, excited”) or ἀλάομαι (aláomai, “to wander, roam”); this is not very convincing. According to Beekes, it is rather a primary onomatopoeic formation, with the Pre-Greek suffix -υγγ-.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lá.lyŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈla.lyŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈla.lyŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈla.lyŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈla.liŋks/
Noun
editἀλᾰ́λῠγξ • (alálunx) m (genitive ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ ho alálunx |
τὼ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε tṑ alálunge |
οἱ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγες hoi alálunges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγος toû alálungos |
τοῖν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγοιν toîn alalúngoin |
τῶν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγων tôn alalúngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγῐ tôi alálungi |
τοῖν ἀλᾰλῠ́γγοιν toîn alalúngoin |
τοῖς ἀλᾰ́λῠγξῐ / ἀλᾰ́λῠγξῐν toîs alálunxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀλᾰ́λῠγγᾰ tòn alálunga |
τὼ ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε tṑ alálunge |
τοὺς ἀλᾰ́λῠγγᾰς toùs alálungas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀλᾰ́λῠγξ alálunx |
ἀλᾰ́λῠγγε alálunge |
ἀλᾰ́λῠγγες alálunges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “ἀλάλυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλάλυγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλάλυγξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek onomatopoeias