λυκόσκορδον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + σκόρδον (skórdon, “garlic”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kós.kor.don/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈkos.kor.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈkos.kor.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈkos.kor.ðon/
Noun
λῠκόσκορδον • (lŭkóskordon) n (genitive λῠκοσκόρδου); second declension
- wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)
- Synonyms: ἀμᾰκρῶτῐς (amăkrôtĭs), ἀμπελόπρᾰσον (ampelóprăson)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ λῠκόσκορδον tò lŭkóskordon |
τὼ λῠκοσκόρδω tṑ lŭkoskórdō |
τᾰ̀ λῠκόσκορδᾰ tằ lŭkóskordă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῠκοσκόρδου toû lŭkoskórdou |
τοῖν λῠκοσκόρδοιν toîn lŭkoskórdoin |
τῶν λῠκοσκόρδων tôn lŭkoskórdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῠκοσκόρδῳ tōî lŭkoskórdōi |
τοῖν λῠκοσκόρδοιν toîn lŭkoskórdoin |
τοῖς λῠκοσκόρδοις toîs lŭkoskórdois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ λῠκόσκορδον tò lŭkóskordon |
τὼ λῠκοσκόρδω tṑ lŭkoskórdō |
τᾰ̀ λῠκόσκορδᾰ tằ lŭkóskordă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῠκόσκορδον lŭkóskordon |
λῠκοσκόρδω lŭkoskórdō |
λῠκόσκορδᾰ lŭkóskordă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λυκόσκορδον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λυκόσκορδον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette