δόλιχος
See also: δολιχός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
δολιχός (dolikhós). The bean has perhaps been made known to the Greeks by Alexander’s campaign.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dó.li.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdo.li.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.li.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.li.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðo.li.xos/
Noun
δόλῐχος • (dólĭkhos) m (genitive δόλῐχου); second declension
- long course in the arena
- yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δόλῐχος ho dólĭkhos |
τὼ δολῐ́χω tṑ dolĭ́khō |
οἱ δόλῐχοι hoi dólĭkhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δολῐ́χου toû dolĭ́khou |
τοῖν δολῐ́χοιν toîn dolĭ́khoin |
τῶν δολῐ́χων tôn dolĭ́khōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δολῐ́χῳ tōî dolĭ́khōi |
τοῖν δολῐ́χοιν toîn dolĭ́khoin |
τοῖς δολῐ́χοις toîs dolĭ́khois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δόλῐχον tòn dólĭkhon |
τὼ δολῐ́χω tṑ dolĭ́khō |
τοὺς δολῐ́χους toùs dolĭ́khous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δόλῐχε dólĭkhe |
δολῐ́χω dolĭ́khō |
δόλῐχοι dólĭkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δολῐχοδρόμος (dolĭkhodrómos)
Descendants
- → Latin: dolichos
Further reading
- “δόλιχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δόλιχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δόλιχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δόλιχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)