λείριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from an eastern Mediterranean substrate language. One likely candidate is the ancestor of Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri) (compare Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)). Similar words in other languages, probably from the same source, include Albanian lule (“flower”), Hittite [script needed] (alil-, “flower”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λείριον • (leírion) n (genitive λειρίου); second declension

  1. Madonna lily (Lilium candidum)
  2. paperwhite (Narcissus tazetta)
  3. autumn narcissus (Narcissus serotinus)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λείριον; τοῦ λειρίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ λείριον
tò leírion 		τὼ λειρίω
tṑ leiríō 		τᾰ̀ λείριᾰ
tằ leíriă
Genitive τοῦ λειρίου
toû leiríou 		τοῖν λειρίοιν
toîn leiríoin 		τῶν λειρίων
tôn leiríōn
Dative τῷ λειρίῳ
tōî leiríōi 		τοῖν λειρίοιν
toîn leiríoin 		τοῖς λειρίοις
toîs leiríois
Accusative τὸ λείριον
tò leírion 		τὼ λειρίω
tṑ leiríō 		τᾰ̀ λείριᾰ
tằ leíriă
Vocative λείριον
leírion 		λειρίω
leiríō 		λείριᾰ
leíriă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • λείρινος (leírinos)
  • λειριόεις (leirióeis)
  • λειριοπολφανεμώνη (leiriopolphanemṓnē)
  • λείριος (leírios)
  • λειριώδης (leiriṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: λειρί (leirí, “cock's comb”)
  • → Latin: līlium (see there for further descendants)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: lijȇr

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λείριον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 845

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