λημνίσκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, noun-forming diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛːm.nís.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /le̝mˈnis.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /limˈnis.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /limˈnis.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /limˈnis.kos/
Noun
λημνῐ́σκος • (lēmnĭ́skos) m (genitive λημνῐ́σκου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λημνῐ́σκος ho lēmnĭ́skos |
τὼ λημνῐ́σκω tṑ lēmnĭ́skō |
οἱ λημνῐ́σκοι hoi lēmnĭ́skoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λημνῐ́σκου toû lēmnĭ́skou |
τοῖν λημνῐ́σκοιν toîn lēmnĭ́skoin |
τῶν λημνῐ́σκων tôn lēmnĭ́skōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λημνῐ́σκῳ tōî lēmnĭ́skōi |
τοῖν λημνῐ́σκοιν toîn lēmnĭ́skoin |
τοῖς λημνῐ́σκοις toîs lēmnĭ́skois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λημνῐ́σκον tòn lēmnĭ́skon |
τὼ λημνῐ́σκω tṑ lēmnĭ́skō |
τοὺς λημνῐ́σκους toùs lēmnĭ́skous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λημνῐ́σκε lēmnĭ́ske |
λημνῐ́σκω lēmnĭ́skō |
λημνῐ́σκοι lēmnĭ́skoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: lemniscus
References
- “λημνίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press