λαγνεία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λαγνείη (lagneíē)
Etymology
From λαγνεύω (lagneúō, “to have sex”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.ɡněː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈɡni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈɣni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈɣni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈɣni.a/
Noun
λαγνείᾱ • (lagneíā) f (genitive λαγνείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λαγνείᾱ hē lagneíā |
τὼ λαγνείᾱ tṑ lagneíā |
αἱ λαγνεῖαι hai lagneîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λαγνείᾱς tês lagneíās |
τοῖν λαγνείαιν toîn lagneíain |
τῶν λαγνειῶν tôn lagneiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λαγνείᾳ tēî lagneíāi |
τοῖν λαγνείαιν toîn lagneíain |
ταῖς λαγνείαις taîs lagneíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λαγνείᾱν tḕn lagneíān |
τὼ λαγνείᾱ tṑ lagneíā |
τᾱ̀ς λαγνείᾱς tā̀s lagneíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λαγνείᾱ lagneíā |
λαγνείᾱ lagneíā |
λαγνεῖαι lagneîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: λαγνεία (lagneía)
Further reading
- “λαγνεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λαγνεία (lagneía), derived from the verb λαγνεύω (lagneúō, “to have sex”).
Noun
λαγνεία • (lagneía) f (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | λαγνεία (lagneía) |
| genitive | λαγνείας (lagneías) |
| accusative | λαγνεία (lagneía) |
| vocative | λαγνεία (lagneía) |
the plural form λαγνείες is sometimes found
See also
- επιθυμία f (epithymía, “desire”)