ὄστλιγξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄστλιγξ (ástlinx)

Etymology

The formation is similar to θῶμιγξ (thôminx), ἶλιγξ (îlinx) and στρόφιγξ (stróphinx). The presence of the variant shows that the word is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ós.tliŋks/ → /ˈos.tliŋks/ → /ˈos.tliŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ós.tliŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈos.tliŋks/

Noun

ὄστλῐγξ • (óstlinx) f (genitive ὄστλῐγγος); third declension

1. curled hair, lock of hair
2. tendril of vine
3. curling flame
4. arm of a cuttlefish, tentacle

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὄστλῐγξ; τῆς ὄστλῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄστλῐγξ hē óstlinx	τὼ ὄστλῐγγε tṑ óstlinge	αἱ ὄστλῐγγες hai óstlinges
Genitive	τῆς ὄστλῐγγος tês óstlingos	τοῖν ὀστλῐ́γγοιν toîn ostlíngoin	τῶν ὀστλῐ́γγων tôn ostlíngōn
Dative	τῇ ὄστλῐγγῐ têi óstlingi	τοῖν ὀστλῐ́γγοιν toîn ostlíngoin	ταῖς ὄστλῐγξῐ / ὄστλῐγξῐν taîs óstlinxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὄστλῐγγᾰ tḕn óstlinga	τὼ ὄστλῐγγε tṑ óstlinge	τᾱ̀ς ὄστλῐγγᾰς tā̀s óstlingas
Vocative	ὄστλῐγξ óstlinx	ὄστλῐγγε óstlinge	ὄστλῐγγες óstlinges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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