λυκοσκυτάλιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + σκυτάλιον (skutálion, “little staff, baton”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kos.ky.tá.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ly.kos.kyˈta.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ly.kos.cyˈta.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /li.kos.ciˈta.li.on/
Noun
λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον • (lŭkoskŭtắlĭon) n (genitive λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον tò lŭkoskŭtắlĭon |
τὼ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω tṑ lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ lŭkoskŭtắlĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ου toû lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ou |
τοῖν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οιν toîn lŭkoskŭtălĭ́oin |
τῶν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ων tôn lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ῳ tōî lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ōi |
τοῖν λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οιν toîn lŭkoskŭtălĭ́oin |
τοῖς λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́οις toîs lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον tò lŭkoskŭtắlĭon |
τὼ λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω tṑ lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ lŭkoskŭtắlĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐον lŭkoskŭtắlĭon |
λῠκοσκῠτᾰλῐ́ω lŭkoskŭtălĭ́ō |
λῠκοσκῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ lŭkoskŭtắlĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λυκοσκυτάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λυκοσκυτάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette