λήγουσα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.ɡuː.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.ɡu.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɣu.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɣu.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ɣu.sa/

Participle

λήγουσᾰ • (lḗgousă)

feminine nominative/vocative singular of λήγων (lḗgōn)

Greek

Etymology

Nominalised (by ellipsis of συλλαβή) present participle of λήγω (lḗgō, “to cease”).

Noun

λήγουσα • (lígousa) f (plural λήγουσες)

(grammar, phonology) ult (last syllable of a word)

Declension

Declension of **λήγουσα**
	singular	plural
nominative	λήγουσα (lígousa)	λήγουσες (lígouses)
genitive	λήγουσας (lígousas)	ληγουσών (ligousón)
accusative	λήγουσα (lígousa)	λήγουσες (lígouses)
vocative	λήγουσα (lígousa)	λήγουσες (lígouses)

Derived terms

παραλήγουσα f (paralígousa, “penultimate syllable in word”)
προπαραλήγουσα f (proparalígousa, “antepenultimate syllable in word”)

See also

συλλαβή f (syllaví, “syllable”)
οξύτονος (oxýtonos, “oxytone, stressed on the last syllable”)

Further reading

λήγουσα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language